Hey Loren, love your website! Great work you go there, and such an ambition!
I would definitely hire you for my start-up company (Viatask).
Loren wants to work at Airbnb
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Re: Loren wants to work at Airbnb
#22Really nice looking page. Was going through the source and found this -
"I'm a self-starter and entrepreneur"
Re: Loren wants to work at Airbnb
#23So, while this is novel and all, it seems to me that these "resume 2.0" applications indicate a real failure of systems like "jobvite" or whatever backend air bnb is using to simplify their hiring decisions. On HN we've been seeing a bunch of these hyper-targeted reverse resumes in the past year because I suspect people have gotten tired of submitting waves of resumes and hearing nothing back within a reasonable time…
"What i'm seeing here, is that traditional recruiting practices are failing in some way because priority is achieved by a) making it to the hn frontpage which b) gets pg to vouch for you. Which is basically no better (or efficient) than the traditional method of hiring folks that you've networked with via friends/school/etc or what have you."
Well, yeah. The purpose of jobvite isn't to get the candidate attention, and these "resume 2.0" (ew...I already hate myself for writing that) shiny, whizzy, attention-getting things aren't scalable. If everyone did this, it wouldn't work. It would just raise the noise level.
Also, keep in mind that you're focusing your attention on the wrong side of the problem: it's always possible that this guy could show up for an on-site and stink the place up, because there are plenty of people out there who have lots of enthusiasm and a smattering of ability, but aren't qualified to write code for a big website. So this kind of thing is great for personal marketing, but it's not a solution to the core problem of recruiting from a company's perspective (namely: lots of mouth-breathers are applying, and we need to filter them from the tiny stream of good applicants).
Re: Loren wants to work at Airbnb
#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
I assume you won't be willing to but... any chance you'd shed light on how you worded your email, ranging from just a link to "you have to hire.."?
I expect they'll contact you soon. I don't think so. He mentioned that he "expects" that they contact him soon, but he is not even sure they'll do. It's good in case the founders missed the post.
We have in fact contacted him.
Re: Loren wants to work at Airbnb
#25Loren, that's a very nice resume page. But I think it's missing something, which is quite important: Your portfolio. Collect some of your best work, and create a slider in one of your clouds. If you have also worked in some companies in the past mention it. Stackoverflow, Github, Dribble... links are also useful. hint : Change the white up arrow color, so that it contrast well with the background. You can detect this…
Fumbled around with integrating a portfolio, but ultimately decided to leave it out and keep things simple (for aesthetics, primarily). I was sure to include relevant projects and descriptions in my resume, however.
Re: Loren wants to work at Airbnb
#26Good luck and hope to hear from you if you did get your dream job at AirBnB.
Re: Loren wants to work at Airbnb
#27Count me as jealous, for a variety of reasons. I mean that in the nicest way possible.
Best of luck!
Re: Loren wants to work at Airbnb
#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
I expect they'll contact you soon. I don't think so. He mentioned that he "expects" that they contact him soon, but he is not even sure they'll do. It's good in case the founders missed the post.
We have in fact contacted him.
nice give this guy a job! I love his creativity. Btw airbnb is awesome. Using it for my internship in NY!.
Re: Loren wants to work at Airbnb
#29See, now, this is great stuff. How do you not hire this guy? A near-perfect example of the form: * It's gorgeous * It's simple * It's precisely targeted and relevant My only critique is that he didn't find a way to work Pocket into it; the story about his six-year-old sister using it is a winner. Anyone want to put odds on how long Loren stays on the market? I give it a week. :)
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Re: Loren wants to work at Airbnb
#30Earlier quoted context omitted.
Your points are all true and he may make a great web designer. As for front-end engineer position there is a room for improvement. Luckily it's not me hiring so all the best to Loren.
Agreed, there's always room for improvement :) Any specifics come to mind?
I enjoy the design but I find it very decorative. By which I mean there are a lot of visual elements (clouds, arrows) that serve no real function and distract from the message. It's fine for a resume page but doesn't say much about your ability to design the front-end user experience of a consumer web app, except that it's possible you might spend a lot of time on glitter.
Just my opinion as a fervent minimalist.