The actual rejection is buried halfway through. Rejection or acceptance should be in the first sentence, and the tone of how that sentence starts should make it obvious which one it is.
My Seth Godin decline letter. Thoughts?
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Re: My Seth Godin decline letter. Thoughts?
#32what MBA program?
Seth has made the generous offer of allowing a select few people to work for him. For free. In exchange, you get to be surrounded by His Greatness every day. If you get accepted, don't forget to bring your lunch money and cab fare as well. While this sounds like a revolutionary idea, if you're willing to work for free, and can sell yourself well (the two basic acceptance criteria for this program), there is a high pr…
It is often referred to as an "internship." There is no way this can possibly be comparable to an actual MBA, but I am biased.
Re: My Seth Godin decline letter. Thoughts?
#33Here's what I would have responded in Seth's shoes (note: I'm a big Godin fan and think this is a killer opportunity but did not apply):
"Hi!
[this is a form letter- Given that I preach honesty in marketing, I figure I owe you that!]
I reviewed your app and am declining you for this opportunity. Overall, I was _incredibly_ impressed with the quality (and volume) of the applications. Unfortunately, because I am just one guy, I had to read through them quickly and go a lot on "gut feeling". I had to pass over some fabulous applications in favor of some slightly-more-fabulous ones. I'm sure I declined some great people. I'm sure I'll be interviewing some duds.
Due to the volume of apps, I can't send any personalized feedback on your application. I really wish I had the time to, but a guy's gotta sleep. Thanks again!"
Re: My Seth Godin decline letter. Thoughts?
#34This sounds a little like being dumped along the lines of "its not you, its me."
It's not you. It's not me either! Isn't that aweseome? I mean, it's completely stupendously awesome that we're both so amazingly awesomely cool but somehow this thing just isn't working. I mean, we're not working. Together, that is. OK, so I found some other super-cool kids who are even more awesome, but that doesn't mean you're not, and it doesn't mean that I'm not, just that we're not quite so amazingly awesomely a…
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Re: My Seth Godin decline letter. Thoughts?
#35I'd actually be a little bit insulted to get that as a response. It reads like a load of over-dramatized crap. Part of what's wrong with so many of these internet-marketers is that everything seems to be positioned as various degrees of "super rockstar ninja greatness". There is never any bad, unmarketable, stupid ideas. IE: no one wants to put their reputation on the line by making a potentially bad call. So, he won…
>> It reads like a load of over-dramatized crap.
All of Godin's work is over-dramatized crap. That's his shtick.
Re: My Seth Godin decline letter. Thoughts?
#36I applied and got an interview. I sent in my application as a PDF, but I also made this lens which Seth apparently liked: http://www.squidoo.com/Reading_Optional
I'm new to this term "lens". It seems like it's just a fancy word for "how-to" or "neat bit of information / call to take some sort of action".
Godin's company is Squidoo. It's an odd little web page builder thing. A "Lens" is what he calls a "page". Because if he called it a page, then no one would care. Now almost no one does.
Re: My Seth Godin decline letter. Thoughts?
#37I'd actually be a little bit insulted to get that as a response. It reads like a load of over-dramatized crap. Part of what's wrong with so many of these internet-marketers is that everything seems to be positioned as various degrees of "super rockstar ninja greatness". There is never any bad, unmarketable, stupid ideas. IE: no one wants to put their reputation on the line by making a potentially bad call. So, he won…
From what I can tell you spend 6 months with him, don't get paid, primarily work on his projects, learn buzzwords and "get" to work on your own personal projects in your spare time. Am I missing something?
Re: My Seth Godin decline letter. Thoughts?
#38So don't worry about working on his projects; work on your own and make them better!
Re: My Seth Godin decline letter. Thoughts?
#39So don't worry about working on his projects; work on your own and make them better!
Because you know, you are a Rockstar&tm; developer!
Re: My Seth Godin decline letter. Thoughts?
#40I'd actually be a little bit insulted to get that as a response. It reads like a load of over-dramatized crap. Part of what's wrong with so many of these internet-marketers is that everything seems to be positioned as various degrees of "super rockstar ninja greatness". There is never any bad, unmarketable, stupid ideas. IE: no one wants to put their reputation on the line by making a potentially bad call. So, he won…
From what I can tell you spend 6 months with him, don't get paid, primarily work on his projects, learn buzzwords and "get" to work on your own personal projects in your spare time. Am I missing something?
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