For more details, see his blog post: http://www.matthew-epstein.com/land-a-job-at-google-journey/
Google contacted him a day after publishing it.
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#52It already worked for him (well, if it's true). "Day Two: Google Contacted Me. Well, that was quick."
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#53For more details, see his blog post: http://www.matthew-epstein.com/land-a-job-at-google-journey/ Google contacted him a day after publishing it.
I get:
"Your browser (Internet Explorer 6) is out of date. It has known security flaws and may not display all features of this and other websites."
Which is funny as I have the latest Firefox...
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#54I don't really know about this kind of reverse applications. Looks like the guy would work for Google just for the name. I invested over $3,000 of my own capital to create a marketing campaign that would get you to notice me. I haven’t been that desperate to get someone to notice me since my first highschool crush. Desperate? Really? What if Google calls to offer an under payed job? But, hell, marketing is a so diffe…
This kind of 'fanboyism' for companies seems kind of unhealthy to me.
Unhealthy yet totally not surprising. From lowest-common-denominator pop culture all the way down to some obscure programming language community you see the same thing.
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#55I'm getting a 503 error. I would hope Google would hire people that can keep a site online.
I know, usually it would be very mean. But given the purpose of this site, for it not to be able to withstand the "HN effect" (is there a term for this? Penny Arcade have "wanged", which is my personal favourite) seems like a fairly gross oversight.
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#56I've downloaded this guy's resume ( http://googlepleasehire.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Resume... ) and while I'm aware he's doing something that I don't know much about, I am puzzled by the 'technology' thing in his skills chart. Can someone give me a hint what does he mean by giving himself 6 skill points in it? Same question for 'research & analytics' and 'social media' - these terms are so vague that their mean…
Generally, I do like skill charts that look like RPG character sheets (so much so, I've been using this paradigm for my own skill profile http://udos.name), however as you said this particular one seems indeed a bit devoid of actual information. Even if the categories were meaningful, what's the point in having a scale of 1 to 7 when the lowest outlier rating you give yourself is 4?
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#57My understanding (from what I've read on HN, and similar sites) - getting a Google interview isn't too hard. A PhD helps, a stunt like this helps, but you really just need to convince them that you might be useful.
Getting through Google's possibly broken interview system is the difficult part.
Still, this looks like more fun than writing a traditional resume.
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#58ok, work for Google, but, be very careful to reveal high value ideas to Google!
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#59My understanding (from what I've read on HN, and similar sites) - getting a Google interview isn't too hard. A PhD helps, a stunt like this helps, but you really just need to convince them that you might be useful. Getting through Google's possibly broken interview system is the difficult part. Still, this looks like more fun than writing a traditional resume.
Agreed, I love what he did.
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#60"request an interview" has an odd tone given how eager this guy is for a gig at Google. Also, one thing I wonder about these reverse applications: you're screwed when it comes time to negotiate your package, aren't you?
i dig it -- isn't that the desired action he wants the user to take?