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We're an honest bunch aren't we? (or are we?)

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    http://www.codeproject.com/Surveys/1078/How-much-do-you-embellish-your-resume-CV.aspx[^]

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      http://www.codeproject.com/Surveys/1078/How-much-do-you-embellish-your-resume-CV.aspx[^]

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      Dalek Dave
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      Everyone lies, I know I don't!

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        http://www.codeproject.com/Surveys/1078/How-much-do-you-embellish-your-resume-CV.aspx[^]

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        1 21 Gigawatts
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        I've never lied on a CV, mainly becuase it would be quickly found out having got a job because of it, and then forever tarnish your reputation! :)

        "Benjamin is nobody's friend. If Benjamin were an ice cream flavor, he'd be pralines and dick." ~ Garth Algar "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." ~ Paul Neal "Red" Adair

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          http://www.codeproject.com/Surveys/1078/How-much-do-you-embellish-your-resume-CV.aspx[^]

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          smcnulty2000
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          Not much point in lying on a resume if you've got stuff you've done. However the specific does tend to become the general: "I spent a year writing a data recovery automation program" becomes "I can program data recovery automation operations" or perhaps "I programmed data recovery operations for 1 year"

          _____________________________ _____________________________ It is better to hack the code than to curse the darkness.

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            Not much point in lying on a resume if you've got stuff you've done. However the specific does tend to become the general: "I spent a year writing a data recovery automation program" becomes "I can program data recovery automation operations" or perhaps "I programmed data recovery operations for 1 year"

            _____________________________ _____________________________ It is better to hack the code than to curse the darkness.

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            I think becomes more like: I designed and built the prototype of a data recovery system. Then lead a team of 5 developer, 2 QA testers and a deployment expert to deliver a full fledged enterprise level data recovery system. In reality he took a year to work out how to zip a file in VB.

            Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH

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              http://www.codeproject.com/Surveys/1078/How-much-do-you-embellish-your-resume-CV.aspx[^]

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              Bassam Abdul Baki
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              Honestly, no!

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                http://www.codeproject.com/Surveys/1078/How-much-do-you-embellish-your-resume-CV.aspx[^]

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                Distind
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                Why set yourself up to get fired? I have a hard enough time communicating the abilities I do have in some two page document, let alone making up new ones.

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                  I think becomes more like: I designed and built the prototype of a data recovery system. Then lead a team of 5 developer, 2 QA testers and a deployment expert to deliver a full fledged enterprise level data recovery system. In reality he took a year to work out how to zip a file in VB.

                  Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH

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                  Mycroft Holmes wrote:

                  I designed and built the prototype of a data recovery system. Then lead a team of 5 developer, 2 QA testers and a deployment expert to deliver a full fledged enterprise level data recovery system.

                  Oh, and "with a standards-compliant enterprise level storage and compression system" That being the zip file.

                  _____________________________ _____________________________ It is better to hack the code than to curse the darkness.

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