A creative cover letter from a hacker to the Chicago Tribune

Re:A creative cover letter from a hacker to the Chicago Tribune by malandrew on Tuesday October 05, 2010 @01:28PM (#1760569)

Anyone have the original job ad? I'm curious.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:A creative cover letter from a hacker to the Chicago Tribune by tysone on Tuesday October 05, 2010 @02:15PM (#1760761)

Here are two recent job postings from the News Apps team at the Chicago Tribune:

http://blog.apps.chicagotribune.com/2009/09/09/hacker-wanted...

http://blog.apps.chicagotribune.com/2009/12/24/were-hiring-a...

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:A creative cover letter from a hacker to the Chicago Tribune by staringmonkey on Tuesday October 05, 2010 @02:41PM (#1760871)

I'm the hacker in question and its the former ad I replied to. And yes, I'm quite gainfully and meaningfully employed with the Tribune. And no, I'm not full of shit (at least I wasn't on that occasion.) Glad folks are enjoying/inspired by it.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:A creative cover letter from a hacker to the Chicago Tribune by eru on Tuesday October 05, 2010 @03:23PM (#1761040)

The ad used the work `grok'. So there was a pretty high chance that the tone of your cover letter would be well received. Good perception!

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:A creative cover letter from a hacker to the Chicago Tribune by digitallogic on Tuesday October 05, 2010 @02:10PM (#1760740)

Me too. I felt like I was listening to half a discussion.

[ Parent | on HN ]