alex_carlill

I don't really see how statements like "I learned from Pooh bear that it takes guts to be different but my differences only make me that much more unique." - and indeed the entire "active application" format - can be described as anything but clichéd & obsequious.

the "say it to my face" rule? what's that?

because I'd quite like my designers to be capable of creativity, whereas this Instagram application is derivative in every single way.

I don't want employees who love my product, I want employees who are competent. this example is telling in that although the prospective employee clearly wants the job she is also clearly not a particularly talented designer.

I'd just like to put it out there that when I run a company we will automatically disqualify anyone who tries to get a job w/ us in this way. So remember that if you'd like to work for me sometime in the near future.

glad someone round here sees throught this shit.

ambition isn't posting a mediocre and derivative personal website, replete w/ trite copy, on Hacker News in a (hopefully quixotic) attempt to get a job at a small startup.

this is clichéd, obsequious and poorly typeset.

This is a shit concept and it's not gonna go anywhere.