Girl wants to work for Twitter. Creates site.
twittershouldhireme.com
twittershouldhireme.com
oh, the irony...
http://www.twittershouldhireme.com/executive-admin-to-the-ce...
Haha, they aren't very nice over there. Enthusiasm apparently is a threat to the bitter.
I'd kill for a candidate pipeline that produced people like this. That's enthusiasm, initiative, and (a very small amount of) cleverness.
Judging by these character traits, I'd wager the pipeline that produces people like this opens somewhere in LA. :)
Blame Penelope Trunk. She creates these monsters.
I'm going to leave HN for the day, because there isn't going to be a comment or submission to top that today.
But then again, hiring a super excited person can be a benefit, as long as they stay excited, which may be difficult. The manic people of this world are difficult to wrangle.
I think its safe to assume I'm skeptical. Also, just for her benefit, someone should tell her a 1 page resume is the norm for entry-level positions.
I think it's easier to transform a skilled person into a motivated person than the other way round.
I'll take a motivated capable person and teach them skills in a new area, but just being motivated alone isn't enough. Many incompetent people are highly motivated and completely unaware/in denial of their own incompetence.
Most people can be motivated very easily by throwing money at them. Admittedly this doesn't work for everyone (many also need other factors) but I'd say that covers roughly 90% of the skilled population.
Now teaching a motivated person a complex skill is a completely different story. Yes, money (and lots of time) can help there, too, but the scales are not normally realistic. How long does it take to turn a given, motivated person into a great programmer, even assuming an unlimited budget?
Clearly she isn't technical. That's OK. But she apparently has no experience doing marketing, building communities, or other non-technical stuff people can do for websites like Twitter. Exploring "the intersection of work, life, and sex"? What?
I think what she's doing is great. While she may seem a bit "unhinged," as the currently top rated comment says, I'd at least interview her. I think finding highly motivated, loyal, and enthusiastic employees, at Twitter's stage, is very important.
That's the irony of the thing.
But there was no sexual innuendo embedded in my comment, at least not as intended it anyway in the slightest.
Also: we should acknowledge that there are technical roles that don't require lots of training; for instance, first-tier QA, or technical support.
http://twitter.jobscore.com/jobs/twitter/founderassociate/bQ...
"Something is technically wrong. Thanks for noticing!"
What does "professional" mean, exactly?
I wish you good luck and hope that Twitter sees that people like you will certainly be useful/helpful.
http://blog.crowdspring.com/2008/12/12/can-he-really-do-hand...
If she really wants to get the job she should incorporate twitter into her site in a unique way and show rather than tell them that she is indeed capable of creative community-building.