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A while back I had set out to solve the "multiple resume problem" where you generate resumes in different format(html,pdf,plain text etc.) from a single source. This way all your resumes are consistent. I haven't solved it completely yet but you can find the github repository of "modern resume" over at https://github.com/dhawalhshah/modern-resume. I am using it at http://www.dhawal.me/

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The CurVe class supports multiple versions of a CV with its "flavors" concept: http://text-ex-machina.co.uk/blog/creating-curriculum-vit

I keep all versions of my CV side by side in directories checked in to subversion and copy the closest existing one to make a new version rather than trying to maintain multiple different flavours of CV at the same time.

Thanks! I will take a look. Another goal was to reduce the barrier to entry. I wanted it to be easy to use even for non developers or non technical people. That's why I was trying to build it purely in html/css/javascript and without any backend support. Modify resume.json and upload the files to any webhost and you have your portlio site up.

I also did this a while back (maybe 10 years ago). I started with an XML document and transformed to HTML and TeX via XSLT. I generated PDF using TeX and a plain text version from the HTML using "links -dump".

If I were to wrote it again today, I'd probably be more likely to start with something like yaml and write a quick python script to generate the TeX and HTML. (My TeX is rusty, but it does a good job setting type. A non-TeX alternative would be XSL-FO + FOP.)

The dates you attended Mumbai University are in reverse. Just so you know.

Plus using Opera and having a relatively small browser window makes "Entrepreneurial Activities" overlay with parts of "MoVue (Android App)".

Fixed. Thanks!

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