How I built my designerly CV

As a Front End Engineer – a weird yet oddly common cross between software engineer and designer – I made three self-discoveries early on: I am often looking for work I care about aesthetics I can hack almost anything Thus, necessity proved the mother of invention, and I found myself striving to produce a CV worthy of my profession. Selecting a word processor This might seem like a problem of the 90s, but even now in an age of free browser-based apps, I still found it a non-trivial question. My requirements: Free & open-source (I'm well off enough, but just allergic to subscriptions to big tech firms) Minimal dependency on web connectivity (I want to be able to edit my CV at short notice with limited Internet connectivity) Able to save as a regular file in the file system and share easily (say, as an email attachment, in a LinkedIn message, etc.) Able to export to common formats – both PDF and Word (in case a recruiter needs to edit in their logo) Compatible with Mac and Windows (I some