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Re: I wanna work at Instagram

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Post by taylorbuley »

mrshoe wrote: post #111

To write an effective resume you need to keep the audience in mind. The hiring manager will base about 95% of the decision on the answer to one question: What have you built? Answers to questions such as "What are your skills?", "What is your philosophy?", and "What is your passion?" mostly just get in the way and waste the reader's time. A flashy appeal for a job like this one might get the attention of Instagram, b…

Agreed. My take was that this reads like it was written for all of HN, not the one-to-five people who will be doing the actual hiring.

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Post by crux_ »

edw519 wrote: post #86

I never wear high heels. So I can crawl into cracks and crevices to snap awesome pics... AFAIC, automatic interview line. It says so much: - She understands the ugly stuff needed to get to the pretty stuff. - She's willing to do the ugly stuff. - Her work is more important than her ego (I think). - She "gets it". (Somehow I don't imagine a poser would have ever thought of putting it quite this way.)

I also detect a bit of a subtext, specifically: "I can hang with the boys."

The startup world is what it is, and getting that message across will help her immensely in finding a job.

Re: I wanna work at Instagram

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Post by Confusion »

dchest wrote: post #40

Don't want to sound rude, but the lens ("I made this") has pretty bad type work. Kerning is off, the curve is not right ( http://i.imgur.com/tpDqv.png ). The drop shadow is also strange. Overall, there's not enough attention to detail.

Now you've made me curious: what's wrong with the curve? And couldn't the font accurately represent Leica's actual font?

Re: I wanna work at Instagram

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Post by emehrkay »

crasshopper wrote: post #85
Mystalic wrote: post #30

Anything that makes you stand above the crowd of job seekers and get noticed is (almost) always a smart move. Do you think Instagram is thinking "no, this girl is clearly an idiot?" No, they're clearly going to notice her and give her consideration that she wouldn't otherwise get. They're probably thinking "nice initiative" even if they've seen this type of application before. I think a few of you are being too cynic…

And my question would be, why did it get to the top of Hacker News? I tried making a website like this and failed to get much notice.

She is cute...

Re: I wanna work at Instagram

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Post by Samuel_Michon »

cabacon wrote: post #16

Minor nit: "my differences only make me that much more unique." Unique is an absolute state. One is unique or not; there is no more/less about it. Per the dictionary usage guidelines, think about using something like: "rare, distinctive, unusual, remarkable, or other nonabsolute adjectives". Sorry. This is my wife's pet peeve, and it has been drilled into my brain.

Reminds me of something Merlin Mann often says about prioritizing: Having multiple priorities is like saying you have more than two arms. You are either crazy or you are lying.

http://www.43folders.com/2009/04/28/priorities

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Post by Tichy »

edw519 wrote: post #86

I never wear high heels. So I can crawl into cracks and crevices to snap awesome pics... AFAIC, automatic interview line. It says so much: - She understands the ugly stuff needed to get to the pretty stuff. - She's willing to do the ugly stuff. - Her work is more important than her ego (I think). - She "gets it". (Somehow I don't imagine a poser would have ever thought of putting it quite this way.)

I thought wearing heels is "the ugly stuff" (bad for joints and muscles, painful, suffering to look good).

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Post by Tichy »

blhack wrote: post #38
alex_carlill wrote: post #21

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.

...why on earth would you do that? This person wants to work at instagram, if she gets the job, she'll be absolutely floored about coming in to work every day. This is exactly the type of employee I would think everybody would want. Why would you want something else?

It's also a bit like blackmailing, in my opinion.
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