Cool... you've been filed under my list of "people I will never want to work for." Thanks for the heads-up.

This is exactly the type of employee I would think everybody would want. Why would you want something else?

So what would you do to improve this?

"everything is derivative."

I do speak from long experience, here. This isn't a crazy idea I read out of a dogfooding blog entry.

And you believe those to be disjoint sets?

Depending greatly on the short and long term situations, I'd rather hire someone enthusiastic and wait a few months for them to get up to speed than hire someone with more experience who is dispassionate about the job. There's just so much more room for growth with the former (and initial salary negotiation should be a cakewalk from a management perspective).

Sure you could bitch and moan about her portfolio, the grammar used, etc... But this still stands out and her passion is there. These kinds of people soak up whatever you give them.

Plus it takes balls to do something like this, and that's a good trait.