Blast from the Past

Below is a scan of a paper copy I found in a computer book of the resume that got me the job at Corporate Software, which later became Stream International, with most of the header wiped out.  It amused me to leave the obsolete e-mail address, one of my first, that I had as of early 1994.  Click for a full size version that’s more readable.

I had forgotten what I did with the Renovator’s Supply job to make it sound, title-wise, more impressive than just “receiver.” What I did was the same either way, but I’d have forgotten it enough that I could never have recreated the description as originally written.

The software experience part is amusing, as I was already not mentioning every last thing.  It wasn’t yet anything like my series of experience posts that are way beyond resume scope.

It was a good resume, I think.  Prior to Tranti Systems, I’d sent out some 1200 resumes and gotten a handful of interviews.  When I became available again, I bought 200 stamps.  My first three resumes went to Corporate Software, Meditech, and a tech company in Hyannis with a name lost to me in the mists of time.  Before I could send more than ten, I’d landed the job at CSI, and before I started the job at CSI - almost immediately - I’d been offered an interview at Meditech.  For better or worse, I turned it down because, hey, I’d accepted a job and gone off the market.  It was ironic that I would later have two business partners who were Meditech employees.

One approach to writing a new resume might be to expand upon this one.  What I’d love to find is the version I did for internal consumption at Stream, to get the job as Technical Development Lead in VB support.

Posted by on 10/02 at 04:54 PM

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