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That combined with the text-as-images make the whole experience rather disconcerting. I understand she's not a designer, but as a marketer her presentation needs to be polished. As it is, the visual mistakes undermine the content.
I think this worked out for Loren back in the day, right? http://thewc.co/misc/loren-wants-to-work-for-airbnb/
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This seems like an instance of Job's "A players hire A players, B players hire C players." [1] Results will vary by who is hiring. [1] http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&story...
> This seems like an instance of Job's "A players hire A players, B players hire C players." Tangentially, I've always wondered, in that model, how B players ever get hired.
So A players end up hiring B players when they don't want to, and sometimes A players sneak through the B player's filter.
And this is why, when people that are apparently very good leave your company, you have to wonder if you have to much B team, and you are letting them run amok.
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That's awful if true. Especially as a direct quote. So much for being inclusive.
SV is far from inclusive. Pedigree is every thing out here. Else, you're just in the 'minor' leagues trying to break in.
Must have 3 years experience as a molotov professional.
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This seems like an instance of Job's "A players hire A players, B players hire C players." [1] Results will vary by who is hiring. [1] http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&story...
> This seems like an instance of Job's "A players hire A players, B players hire C players." Tangentially, I've always wondered, in that model, how B players ever get hired.
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While what you say can often be true, it is a sign of weak leadership. Strong leaders promote the best people and thereby lift themselves and the whole team. Bad leaders see strong subordinates as threats to their power and suffocate the team. Not saying there aren’t a LOT of bad leaders out there, but what you describe isn’t a law everywhere. The bigger point I think is your first sentence. She’s way above average a…
To summarise your first paragraph #notallmanagers
The bigger story here is that given that she's clearly way above average at what she does - she couldn't find a job for a year and did this as a last resort - an act of desperation. Which also did not work out - she ended up with Elance. If we measure success by job vs no job, then yes, otherwise... eh... People 'say' they want creativity, passion, etc - but in reality, most people who work in successful companies di…
>most people who work in successful companies didn't get there based on merit but largely, just dumb luck Do you have evidence for this, or are you just speculating? My experience (based on my employment history and the employment history of those close to me) is that ability to get hired correlates very closely with merit (including technical skill, amicability, etc.)
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While what you say can often be true, it is a sign of weak leadership. Strong leaders promote the best people and thereby lift themselves and the whole team. Bad leaders see strong subordinates as threats to their power and suffocate the team. Not saying there aren’t a LOT of bad leaders out there, but what you describe isn’t a law everywhere. The bigger point I think is your first sentence. She’s way above average a…
It's how you define 'qualified'. Here's from her blog: "Professionals i admire were calling my work impressive, but the person interviewing me was saying he couldn’t contextualize my experience because i “hadn’t worked at facebook or google or studied at stanford”." Here's another: "despite my 10 years of marketing and social media experience and despite the reach of my latest campaign, i was told i wouldn’t be that…
* 2011:
https://kathleenkowal.wordpress.com/2011/06/30/custom-airbnb-resume/
Kathleen went very physical, but it wasn't a good fit for Airbnb in 2011
* 2012:
http://www.ericlovesairbnb.com/
Eric more or less pioneered the "microsite" approach [at Airbnb, at least] and is still there today
* 2013:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2600264
Loren was not extended an offer, and has unfortunately taken down his "resume" site
* 2014:
http://www.katielovesairbnb.com/
Katie was successful and is working on killer stuff at Airbnb these days
As for the "hadn’t worked at facebook or google or studied at stanford" from the recruiter ... well, sometimes startups become BigCos and idiots are tasked with interview duties.