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5651 Derby Court Apartment 223 Alexandria, Virginia 22311 |
Phone (703) 820 – 9032 E-mail moten2@moon.jic.com |
| Objective | Apply myself to the computer-related industry in sales, programming, repairing, or consulting on the East Coast of the United States. |
| Education |
June 1994 – May 1996
Art Institute of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Industrial Design Technology |
| Awards received | Citation of community service – Fall 1994 |
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Interests and activities | Programming and Graphic Design applications. |
| Work Experience |
June 1997 – Current
Burger King
Alexandria, Virginia Cashier April 1995 – November 1995SubwayPittsburgh, Pennsylvania Cashier |
| Vounteer experience |
Aided friends and family with computer related problems, including removal of viruses, installation of hardware and software as well as consultation concerning purchase of equipment.
Operated an on-line bulletin board service. Walk people through the basic steps of getting connected to the internet over the phone. |
| Hobbies |
Develop small games. Connect through internet to browse and host internet services. |
Recollections
February 25, 2026
Here is what appears to be the first resume I put together when applying to Global Management Systems, Inc. (GMSI) as a technical writer, converting forms into static HTML pages. I believe I was having trouble making it with Microsoft Word. I had a certain look in mind, but I couldn’t figure out how to lay out the elements on short notice. Instead, I created the resume in HTML. I’m uncertain, but I believe I was able to copy the rendered web page and paste it into Microsoft Word or import it. (I could be wrong about that, as this was 1997.)
Looking back today, the resume is very empty and dry, with a few grammatical and spelling issues. However, I lacked experience, so I pulled out everything I could think of to help me get the job. Spell-checking and grammar correction didn’t exist as they do today.
Below is most of the original HTML 3.2 code with some adjustments for modern display:
The original code had a transparent GIF just about everywhere to assist with layout. This was built before the introduction of DIV and SPAN tags, and may even be before stylesheets had display: inline-block;. With a 1×1 transparent GIF, you could add both horizontal and vertical spacing by setting the image height and width. The other alternative would be to use many non-breaking spaces for horizontal spacing.
The original HTML also included a comment: This document was created with HomeSite 2.5. It was free software with syntax highlighting – groundbreaking at the time, which was later purchased by Macromedia, where parts of it were incorporated into Dreamweaver, later purchased by Adobe.
Under the hood, looking at the HTML, I saw many things that screamed at me today. My attributes would often have spaces between the name and value (e.g., height=1 vs height = 1). Mixed tag casing (e.g., BODY vs table). A <font> tag made my name twice as large, but I hadn’t closed it afterwards. None of the <p> tags were closed, which made it look like I should have been using <br> tags instead.
When printed, the resume fits on one sheet of 8×11.5-inch paper.