This is an ode,
To a man named Ernie Hsiung —
Not to be confused with others,
‘Cause there are many of ‘em.

This Hsiung is funny,
Quite dashing, and hip,
Don’t be fooled by his self-deprecation,
He’s got a harem of fans chomping at the bit.

Ernie is also kind,
Inspiring me to write this ode,
“Why,” you might ask?
Because Ernie let me steal all of his resume code!

You see, my old resume was ugly
Converted from Word with manual line breaks.
No employer would look twice,
Most likely because I looked like a flake.

I saw Ernie’s lovely resume,
So clean and so fine.
And I knew I had to steal it,
Had to hack it to be mine!

So with a “view source” here,
And code-snatching precision,
I started hacking at Ernie’s hard work,
I was committing coder circumcision!

I felt awful the whole time,
Like a fake! Like a hack!
But I had a few justifications,
Just in case I needed to take it all back:

“We’re not in the same industry,” I said,
“And it’s not like I’m pretending it’s mine.”
“Why, I even gave Ernie credit,” I figured,
“…albeit on the very last line.”

I checked in with Ernie bashfully,
So ashamed, and for for his wrath I did wait.
“Wow, that’s cool,” he said,
“And if it helps you get a job, that’s GREAT!”

Ernie had no scorn,
I was not yelled at nor whipped.
In fact, he even took time to help me
Figure out his “toggle details” script.

And so now my resume is lovely,
So clean — so divine!
And now if I don’t get a job,
The fault will all be mine.

Because Ernie will have done his best,
Made sacrifices, taken the highest road.
Proving he’s the nicest blogger out there,
Letting a hack like me gank his code!

Thank you, Ernie!