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Re:How (not) to get a job at a startup... by festivusr on Tuesday November 11, 2008 @12:08PM (#360651)
Granted, this guy's cover letter is not going to win him the job. But "Send us your resume! We'll post it on our web site and make fun of it! And your grammar, even though ours is not completely correct either!" is not going to win this company applicants, either.
Re:How (not) to get a job at a startup... by edw519 on Tuesday November 11, 2008 @12:31PM (#360679)
Good catch. Perhaps this article should be retitled, "How to Not Show Class when you are Recruiting."
Re:How (not) to get a job at a startup... by auston on Tuesday November 11, 2008 @12:35PM (#360686)
Perhaps, or possibly "How discourage self-entitled leeches from applying to your company".
Re:How (not) to get a job at a startup... by hugh on Tuesday November 11, 2008 @02:30PM (#360844)
You don't seem to like this "self-entitlement" thing. Don't you think it's also a little "self-entitled" to expect great people to be excited about the opportunity to work for you, without caring about the so-so salary?
Re:How (not) to get a job at a startup... by alaskamiller on Tuesday November 11, 2008 @12:42PM (#360695)
I don't see how you can label people looking for jobs to be leeches.

PS. It just hit me after staring at this post for a minute that leaches isn't even the right spelling. Wow, I need coffee.

Re:How (not) to get a job at a startup... by auston on Tuesday November 11, 2008 @01:25PM (#360752)
Thanks for the correction.
Re:How (not) to get a job at a startup... by auston on Tuesday November 11, 2008 @12:42PM (#360698)
Re:How (not) to get a job at a startup... by fallentimes on Tuesday November 11, 2008 @12:58PM (#360716)
They still aren't leeches.

Edit: It just hit me that I copied Alaska Miller's spelling. I need pizza.

Re:How (not) to get a job at a startup... by potatolicious on Tuesday November 11, 2008 @05:22PM (#361059)
Entitlement is only a problem if the expectation is unrealistic. Seems like the company is the one with entitlement problems in this case - expecting to find such a qualified candidate without offering the appropriate pay that is typical of someone of that caliber.