Graphic Resumes
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- tOki0
Just to preface this, I'm the same age as you but I'm an art director responsible for hiring interactive designers & front end devs in a digital agency.
I'm jumping on the bandwagon with this one because you asked for honest feedback.
Wish I spent 43% of my time online browsing twitter reading other peoples useless 140 characters of poop speak? lol
This kind of information is irrelavent and will not do you any favours.
If I am looking to give you a job I do not want to know what you are wasting time on when online. I want to know how you can be useful to me. I don't need to know how cool you are because you browse flickr and ffffound. I'd be more impressed if you listed the F-WA & other industry sites as it shows you take a personal interest in your work.The truth is I don't want to know anything about you until I've seen your work. As a designer/developer you work in a production environment and that's all it comes down to. Chances are I won't even remember your name unless you impress me with your folio. If you get to an interview then we will find out if you have the brains and personality to back it up.
As for the awesome thing, that screams ego and over confidence. In a work/agency environment there is no room for these unless you are a rockstar creative whose amazing work is bringing in the big bucks.
Airey and I had this conversation at the pub a few weeks ago, I see plenty of graduates who get propped up by their teachers etc but the reality is much harsher - there are plenty of people out there who are more awesome at your job than you are. I try remember this every day and it drives me to be better. As long as you keep remember this then you'll always do well.
Start again from scratch, spend time on your typography and keep it simple!
Goodluck lol