So I got the notice this morning that my info had been changed to this new developer story on SO. I go check, it's literally > 10 screens before a single useful piece of info appears. 70 or so open source projects I contributed to or run followed by my job experience
> "your Developer Story is the best way to share whatever it is that you take pride in. It’s your story; tell it your way."
Um, no, that's not my way. My way would be to list my professional accomplishments first and then list my open source projects just to show how much of a geek I am.
FWIW, there's a tab to switch to the old view which is probably what most recruiters will know to do. I hope they track what recruiters actually click on when checking your resume.
I honestly don't know which they'd prefer. As someone who occasionally interviews people, I do tend to find the cookie cutter descriptions of jobs to be moderately unhelpful. I would be interested in seeing more "what you take pride in," in many cases.
This is a result of the fact that your projects most likely don't have dates assigned to them (not even sure that was an option in the old system) so they all end up crammed at the top of the timeline. Once you fill in an approximate launch date for each project (or whatever you feel is most appropriate), the timeline should start to look a little more sensible.
That said, I'm still not a big fan of the new look. I also prefer the apps section at the end rather than mixed in with my employment history.
> "your Developer Story is the best way to share whatever it is that you take pride in. It’s your story; tell it your way."
Um, no, that's not my way. My way would be to list my professional accomplishments first and then list my open source projects just to show how much of a geek I am.