Not that I am judging or anything but, the author's personal website http://www.jasonmayes.com/ whose link is displayed multiple times is a giant ad to get hired elsewhere and show at least some desire for other career opportunities. Not sure if that reflects greatly on the company.
I mean yeah, we computer folk are supposed to be all self deprecating and all. But if there is one place we should stop mumbling and talking ourselves down for a second, that is it.
At some point if you want people to know what you do, you're going to have to tell them.
Of course you should be talking about yourself on your resume but a couple of this that are different here:
- Wtf is up with music - 51%/49% thing. - Publicly asking to be hired that reflects poorly on his current job at Google. - Excessively loud self marketing
why not have a simple site with your accomplishments? Why all the excess bullshit?
And many of the things he did do sound like he could be a good contributor - I guess you can't know about his personality without an interview.
It's entirely reasonable to talk about yourself and your achievements on your resume, and Mr Mayes' site is rather a good example of doing so.
If I see this kind of resume land or my desk, it gets thrown out.