FixitCV-Build Your Perfect Professional Resume

FixitCV helps students build ATS-friendly, professional resumes in minutes. Fast, simple, and built by a student for students—no stress, no cost. Fix your resume, fix your future.

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🧾 FixitCV – Build Your Perfect Professional Resume

💡 Inspiration

I am Lahori Venkatesh, a final-year undergraduate student at MNIT Jaipur, and the builder of FixitCV.
But more than that, I am a student from a small village in Andhra Pradesh, raised in a poverty-stricken family with an annual income of just ₹1.5 lakhs.

Growing up, life was all about managing dreams within limitations. I studied in government schools, often with fewer resources, but I always had one thing — the hunger to learn and create.

When I entered MNIT Jaipur, it was a big leap — but with it came a new world of challenges.
In my second year, when internships began, I had to create a resume. I had never done that before.

I spent more than 3 hours building my first resume in MS Word. The formatting was messy, the alignment was off, and I didn’t know what “ATS-friendly” even meant.
Later, I shifted to Figma. It was better for design but still took me 1–2 hours each time just to edit and update.

But the worst part?

Despite my efforts, I wasn’t shortlisted for a few internships.
I later found out from seniors and recruiters that it was because of my resume design. That felt heartbreaking. I had the skills — but my resume didn’t represent me well.

And I wasn’t alone.
My friends — especially those from non-metro backgrounds — were going through the same problem.
We spent hours every week trying to fix our resumes:

  • Searching for templates
  • Watching YouTube tutorials
  • Asking seniors again and again
  • Trying to understand what recruiters look for

We were exhausted, confused, and frustrated.

That’s when the idea hit me:

"If we are struggling this much… why not build a simple platform that solves this?"

In the last semester of my third year, this idea started to grow.
But when I discussed it with seniors and peers, most said:

“SaaS projects are expensive.”
“You need backend, frontend, hosting, funding, a team.”

I had none of that.

Just a second-hand laptop, slow internet, and an old dream.
I didn’t even know how to code a full-stack app back then.
So, I buried the idea and moved on. But deep inside, the dream never left.

One day, I stumbled upon bolt.new — a platform that allows people to build apps using AI prompts.
Soon after, they announced the world’s largest AI hackathon.

That was my moment.

“If I can't afford to hire developers, buy tools, or build a team —
I’ll use what I have: my story, my pain, and this opportunity.”

I signed up, and for one month, I worked every single day —
Using bolt.new’s free tokens, building screens, generating flows, designing UI, and shaping what is now known as FixitCV.

This wasn’t just a project.

It was the first real dream I ever brought to life.
It was built through every rejection, every resume failure, every night I stayed awake trying to figure things out.

FixitCV was not born from a hackathon —
It was born from struggle, resilience, and the desire to make life easier for thousands of students like me.

🛠️ What it does

FixitCV is a resume builder platform designed for students, especially from rural and tier-3 colleges, who struggle with creating job-ready resumes.

With FixitCV, users can:

  • Create professional, ATS-friendly resumes in minutes.
  • Choose from clean, modern templates.
  • Edit and update resumes easily — no design or coding skills needed.
  • Save time during placements and internship seasons.

It’s fast, simple, and made for people who don’t have time or tools — just ambition.

🧪 How we built it

FixitCV was built completely during the 1-month bolt.new hackathon using AI-powered tools.

Here’s how I built it:

  • Used bolt.new’s AI prompt engine to generate UI, backend flows, and pages.
  • Designed clean, student-friendly interfaces using my previous Figma work.
  • Iterated daily, testing every screen as if I were the user.
  • Built the entire MVP with zero code and no external investment.
  • Used only the free tokens and features available on bolt.new.

This was my first time using AI to build something real — and it gave life to a dream I almost gave up on.

⚠️ Challenges we ran into

The journey was far from easy. I faced many challenges:

  • 📶 Poor internet in my village made testing and building slow.
  • 💸 No funding — I relied only on free tools and features.
  • 🧠 Learned AI prompting, UI flows, and backend logic from scratch.
  • 🕒 Managed college work, classes, and this hackathon alone.
  • 💔 Faced doubt — “Can someone like me really build SaaS?”

But I never gave up. Every day I reminded myself:

“If I can make this work, it will change how students build resumes — forever.”

🏆 Accomplishments that we're proud of

  • ✅ Built a full MVP in just one month as a solo founder, using only free AI tools.
  • 💻 Created a live, working resume builder for students across India.
  • 📢 Shared my journey to inspire others from rural and low-income backgrounds.
  • 🌱 Took the first real step toward turning a personal pain into a product that helps others.
  • 🌍 Proved that you don’t need money or a big team to build something impactful.

📚 What we learned

  • 🔁 How to turn a real-life struggle into a tech product.
  • 🤖 How to leverage AI (bolt.new) to build without code.
  • 🧠 How to apply user-first thinking in design and functionality.
  • 🎯 That consistency, belief, and effort matter more than resources.
  • 💬 How to tell a story — not just through words, but through product design.

Most importantly, I learned that students from small villages can build big things.

🚀 What's next for FixitCV – Build Your Perfect Professional Resume

FixitCV has just begun.

Next, I plan to:

  • Add AI-powered resume content suggestions.
  • Include cover letter builder and portfolio support.
  • Launch a freemium model so users can export unlimited resumes.
  • Partner with colleges to help students prepare for placements faster.
  • Localize the app in multiple Indian languages for regional users.

And above all —
Keep improving FixitCV so that no student is left behind just because of a bad resume.

🙌 If I — Lahori Venkatesh, a student from a small village with no money or support — can build this… then you can too.

Fix your resume. Fix your future — with FixitCV.

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