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I wanna work at Instagram
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- benedwards 16y agoNice looking site. Good luck!
- alex_carlill 16y agothis is clichéd, obsequious and poorly typeset.
- jewgonewild 16y agoI disagree sir. Pure ambition right there.
- alex_carlill 16y agoambition isn't posting a mediocre and derivative personal website, replete w/ trite copy, on Hacker News in a (hopefully quixotic) attempt to get a job at a small startup.
- bmelton 16y agoThat doesn't dispute his points even remotely. As for 'poorly typeset', I have no choice to agree, if only because her portfolio page implies that her name is "Netta & Design". Her customer work looks good though, so if, as I assume, she's seeking a design-oriented role, she'd likely do well in a team (where somebody else can say 'Hey, what's up with this bolding?') The fonts in her personality chart are barely there. Completely offtopic, I'm always wary of people who tell me how funny they are. If you're funny, I'll almost certainly figure that out organically.
- jewgonewild 16y agoI was addressing this part of said comment: "clichéd, obsequious". I do agree with your last point. Most people who tell me how funny they are turn out to be the exact opposite.
- alex_carlill 16y agoI don't really see how statements like "I learned from Pooh bear that it takes guts to be different but my differences only make me that much more unique." - and indeed the entire "active application" format - can be described as anything but clichéd & obsequious.
- bmelton 16y agoIt's all open for interpretation, of course, but I think, by this point, these sorts of 'I want to work at X' websites ARE cliched, so I personally would agree there. I don't particularly find it obsequious, though I probably wouldn't have to look too far to find another word that I could apply disparagingly to reference the points I mentioned before. Regardless, as I stated, it IS a nice looking website, and if they have openings, they probably would do well to hire somebody so obviously passionate and motivated to work there.
- tsuipen 16y ago>I'm always wary of people who tell me how funny they are. If you're funny, I'll almost certainly figure that out organically. Even if they're German?
- mtogo 16y agoI disagree with your disagreement ;). We see one of these every week; Some kid lacks the qualifications for a job, so they make an uncreative boilerplate web page bullshitting about how much they love the company they're applying to work at. They usually work, but that doesn't make it any more ambitious or creative than the last 20,000 of them.
- blehn 16y agoIt's a two-hour webpage that says "I wanna work at Instragram", but doesn't answer the important questions. Why do you want to work at Instagram? How are you uniquely qualified to work at Instagram? I feel sorry for companies that fall for this sort of thing.
- mindcrime 16y agoHow are they falling for something if they reach out to her? You can call it a "two hour website" but that only means that she sent about 1 hour and 57 minutes more "applying" for this job than the average schmoe who visits Monster.com, checks a few boxes and clicks "Submit Resume." That, IMO, shows a fairly meaningful level of initiative and ambition. It shouldn't guarantee somebody a job, but if somebody applied to my company that way, I'd definitely give them a meaningful look and consider reaching out to them. But I want people who are passionate about their work. Hell, I'll go so far as to say that passion and attitude trump raw talent.
- tehaaron 16y agoI am having an issue where when I start to scroll down, part of the page tries to to scroll down as well and mucks up everything else..in Firefox 4
- nopal 16y agoGreat initiative. All employers should want to have such enthusiastic applicants. I'm not sure whether her design is "good" or whether her other attributes line up with what they're looking for, but A+ for effort, nonetheless.
- warrenwilkinson 16y agoI agree. I think any employer would be flattered with such a targeted application. But I think it could be better if she listed benefits she could bring Instagram, rather than her personality traits. She does link to a very nice resume that has more content.
- apl 16y agoIt's targeted in one way, and in one way only: via mention. Sure, the domain name includes the word "Instagram." Similarly, it's in the page's title. However, the connection is surprisingly superficial. As you point out, she offers a comically generic application and then emphasizes that, you know, working at Instagram would be, like, cool. I find that a little cynical.
- hbz 16y agoI think she did a great job. Her portfolio site is nice as well.
- Lewisham 16y agoWhile I like the initiative, I'm a little worried that someone who says she's a UX designer wouldn't have considered that most Mac users do not run their browsers full-screen, so there's a horizontal scroll bar for anything less than a 1024 width (I think it's 1024). That's not a good UX!
- fara 16y agoIs the lack of a working maximize button good UX?
- Lewisham 16y agoI don't see how the constraints of one system, whether they are right or wrong, really affects the ability of a UX designer to recognize and work within those constraints.
- fara 16y agoIt doesn't mean she is not aware of the issue, she might have prioritized other things and make it "good enough" for other resolutions (even the ipad has a 1024px browser). Apple must know this issue and it's site also ads a scrollbar when the window is less than 1024px...
- chamakits 16y agoAlthough I highly agree with you on how Apple messed up by making "maximizing" such a pain, at the same time, I (not a Mac user, but had to use one for work for around 5 months) almost never have my browser maximized, even when on multiple screens. So it's still a valid point that Lewisham brought up. This website gives the impression that she still needs some practice in her UX design skills.
- akmiller 16y agoI actually think Apple got the maximize button right (at least from the perspective of higher resolution displays). The maximize button for browsers on Mac's maximizes the browser window to fit the content within the page. That is exactly how I want it to work when working with higher resolutions. Never do I want to maximize my browser to my 1920x1080 resolution. I could see that while that solution is great for larger resolutions it may be non-optimal for smaller one's so maybe adding a system wide toggle switch would be ideal.
- billclerico 16y agolove the initiative & hustle. dropping her a note now about our designer position
- tommy_mcclung 16y agoI'm also dropping her a note Bill. Game on. :)
- statictype 16y agoYou don't mind hiring someone who clearly has her sights set on a different company? To the extent that she even registered a domain name professing her personal interest in said company?
- jrockway 16y agoYou eventually have to eat, even if Instagram doesn't want you to work for them.
- splish 16y agoThe resumé is very difficult to read and took a bit of a nosedive into the generic in its attempt to look unique with the crescent shaping. Also, as a UX designer the design/layout/grammar(?) of the resumé is a head scratcher - lack of capitalization is no longer a style choice and just made everything harder to read, the most important bits of information: name and contact information are ... sideways.
- georgechen 16y agoGood portfolio except it's a bit too Web centric. Apps, Mobile interaction should be a part of it if this person is serious about working at Instagram.
- apl 16y agoAt this point, there's nothing innovative or quirky about "active applications." Especially if they're rather mediocre. EDIT: After looking through the whole thing, I have to revise my opinion. It doesn't even qualify as mediocre -- copy and design are surprisingly awful. Large quantities of pseudo-charming nonsense ("I'm vehement about creating kick-ass interactions", "i can write a mean agile spec, and i’m comfortable working in a highly iterative environment", the complete section outlining why she's supposedly great for the gig) and completely interchangeable self-promotion. Active applications can be interesting if they're actually tailored to the company in question; this particular instance can't be bothered to make any meaningful connection to Instagram. Well, except for the domain name.
- alex_carlill 16y agoglad someone round here sees throught this shit.
- davidw 16y agoYour comment fails the "say it to my face" guideline. I certainly wouldn't vote this stuff up, but no need to be rude about it. (Edit: also, why keep downvoting him, I think he probably gets the idea already)
- alex_carlill 16y agothe "say it to my face" rule? what's that?
- davidw 16y agohttp://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html "Be civil. Don't say things you wouldn't say in a face to face conversation. " It's a pretty good rule for writing things on line whether it's in the guidelines or not. Sometimes you (meaning: all of us) get tempted to be snide or snarky, but if you think that there's another person out there, and if you pretend you're saying whatever you have to say to them directly, I find that it greatly improves what you write. It doesn't mean "don't criticize", just do it as if that person were in front of you.
- cabacon 16y agoMinor 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.
- pavel_lishin 16y agoShe sounds like a lady who's at least 78% unique.
- random42 16y agoYou mean probability of her being unique is atleast 0.78, dont you? As being unique would be rather a binary state, either one is unique of not.
- klochner 16y agoat least 78% of her qualities are not duplicates
- crasshopper 16y agoNot in fuzzy logic. One can have 78% membership in the set of unique things.
- danwolff 16y agoActually, the probability is 0 or 1; she exists. Right? Stats anyone?
- Samuel_Michon 16y agoReminds 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 http://www.43folders.com/2009/04/28/priorities
- faramarz 16y ago+1 for the effort.. but her choice of typography is a big BIG no-no. It's very hard to read. I don't think Instagram will be too pleased.
- kmfrk 16y agoIt looks fine in Opera. (Well, I would prefer Georgia, but I'm boring like that.) Maybe you are using a browser with a duller font-rendering? EDIT: On Windows 7. Should have included that.
- alex_carlill 16y agoI'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.
- limedaring 16y agoSo, you will discourage applicants from creating targeted webpages both expressing their love for your product (giving you more exposure) as well as doing something extra to stand out? Harsh.
- alex_carlill 16y agoI don't want employees who love my product, I want employees who are competent. this example is telling in that although the prospective employee clearly wants the job she is also clearly not a particularly talented designer.
- mindcrime 16y agoI don't want employees who love my product, I want employees who are competent. And you believe those to be disjoint sets?
- haploid 16y agoEmployees who love their own product are a cancer that must be treated. Complacency with a product necessarily leads to a dangerous inability to find ways to improve upon it. I do speak from long experience, here. This isn't a crazy idea I read out of a dogfooding blog entry.
- blhack 16y ago...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?
- jamesjyu 16y agoSomeone should make an app to let anyone make this kind of clean targeted resume.
- alantrrs 16y agoSo this is the new way to get a job huh? Replacing the old boring curriculum, I think it's great. Big and Creative
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- ryanmickle 16y agoLove the ambition, but I'm curious why her portfolio work isn't nearly as good as this site.
- tomkarlo 16y agoWhen you're a relatively young, novice designer, one would hope that the last thing you made is usually better than the older stuff in your portfolio.
- Mystalic 16y agoAnything 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 cynical about this being overdone. Getting a new career is a highly competitive race and doing anything that gets you noticed (and on the top of Hacker News) is always going to be a win for your career.
- faramarz 16y agoWas that your first thought? I really like your objectivity and thoughtfulness. Well said.
- crasshopper 16y agoAnd 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.
- Mystalic 16y agoYou can't predict every variable. Sometimes one vote helps bring it to the front page and it picks up steam. I suspect the Instagram brand gave this website extra attention.
- reason 16y agoBecause as many here would probably not like to accept, HNers are just as prone to social engineering as the guy on Facebook who signs up for the app that can supposedly revert his Facebook page back to the old design. HN can be gamed quite easily, for this and other reasons. Since you're near the top of this thread, which itself is sitting at the top of the HN front page, why not link to your site here? I wouldn't mind.
- crasshopper 16y agoEh ... that would be spammy. And I gave up trying to work in quant finance. Instead I'm returning to what I know: entrepreneurship.
- kariatx 16y agoI think this is a prime example of "too much telling not enough showing." While I dig Netta's moxie and possibly would even hire her as a community manager, there isn't much here that wows me. Less than 200 Instagram photos and a lackluster design portfolio don't back up the passion and talent that she claims.
- kmfrk 16y agoOn one hand, I think you are dead on. On the other, I think she's inadvertently showing - unfortunately not for the better. :) The old analogy is never to write in an application that you are funny. If you have a sense of humour, it will show.
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- dchest 16y agoDon'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 http://i.imgur.com/tpDqv.png). The drop shadow is also strange. Overall, there's not enough attention to detail.
- ianhawes 16y agoI would never want to work with someone as negative as you.
- dchest 16y agoI'm not sure I understand: are employers supposed to be positive and not critical when hiring people? It's a designer showing her work to a potential employer. I made a comment that her work is not yet good enough, there are certainly areas which she can improve. As for your ad hominem: I'm not actually a negative person.
- apl 16y agoSome people don't enjoy working in pseudo-positive and falsely encouraging environments that give second-rate work an undeserved pass. There's something motivating about standards and demands.
- phillmv 16y agoThe problem is too many people, much like about half the people commenting here, confuse that with being an insufferable prick.
- zecho 16y agoThe critique might have been harsh, but it was also constructive. It's not like he came out and called her work crap. He gave useful feedback on the design.
- dusing 16y agoHe's not being negative he is critiquing a designer's work on the merit of that work. These are facts.
- sbisker 16y agoAwesome. Forwarded along to Mike, one of the founders. (Know him from our CHI days...ah, memories. :) ) Hope it works out for you!
- davidw 16y agoI want to work at Instagram myself because I love increasing entropy in the universe. And yes, I'd say that to their faces: it can be very irritating to see pictures that already are not stellar, being from mobile phone cameras, further trod on by software.
- Keyframe 16y agoShe made leica d vario-elmarit 14-50? I'll hire her then! </snark>
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- anhtran 16y agoI think the site is good but it's not really an innovation thing with many sharp strokes that make me scream: How did she dare to do like that!!!
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- kmfrk 16y agoKudos to her for putting herself out there, but she's misunderstood what the point of this kind of application is. When you make a grab for a job like this, you underscore the fact that employers don't always know that there is something that can be improved - and that someone should be hired to do it. I vaguely recall someone writing an application for 37signals, where he made some redesigns for the site that he thought were needed. (He made them - actions speak louder than words; deeds are better than words; show, don't tell.) In other words: "You need to improve these things - guess what, I can fix those problems for you." It must be what every start-up dreams of at night. This is what these applications are intended to be about. Again, kudos for putting herself out there (I shudder at the thought of putting myself in the spotlight of the internet with my identity displayed and available for public mockery). But the application itself is very vague and will do little to convince the guys at Instagram to hire her. I mean, who the hell wouldn't have an interest in working at Instagram? You are not a unique snowflake to have that desire - and it makes the attempt to convey passion less persuasive. But hey: the site currently has 70 points on the front page of Hacker news, and a lot of new people now know her name. It's inconceivable that there is any "bad publicity" to come of this, so she can't really fail, regardless of what happens from now on.
- cdr 16y ago"Active applications" seem to be the norm for 37signals: http://37signals.com/svn/posts/2497-jason-rehmus-joins-37signals http://37signals.com/svn/posts/2497-jason-rehmus-joins-37sig...
- crasshopper 16y agoShe did say things that would be hard to get across on a paper resume.
- r00fus 16y agoHer article/resume is her "show" not "tell". The medium is the message... that's UX.
- kmfrk 16y agoBut what can she contribute to the Instagram team? Is their UX in dire need of a UX designer? It's fine as a resumé and general job application for everyone who reads the story, but she directs her application to Instagram - but it might as well not have been. It's not a lack of display of talent that I think is what she misses (although she tells a lot of things about herself that she doesn't show); it's that she doesn't show how she can help Instagram, and why Instagram would need her. Maybe they have an available UX job position that I am unaware of, but she'd improve her chances if she directed her application to Instagram specifically. Here is an exercise (for everyone): replace all instances of "Instagram" in the application with any arbitrary start-up name. There is little to underscore her passion and usefulness for Instagram (specifically) - she might as well have made the same website with five other domains with "Twitter", "Tumblr", etc. instead of "Instagram" in the URL and design. (She has that "No high heels" part, but that could be a variable to be replaced in every instance.) This doesn't mean that I believe that she's done this(!), but a specifically directed application should be much harder to arbitrarily change to work for another start-up. (I don't write all this to hate on her, as I've said in other comments in this thread, but there are some great, important lessons to be learnt. This is, after all, a great way to land yourself a job - if you pull it off. Again, this will only help her career. It's just that it could be improved.)
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- mindctrl 16y agoNice application. Maybe Instagram will be a springboard to something bigger, because I can't see them being a whole lot with their limited platform deployment.
- esschul 16y agoI'd love it if we had this sort of show o'enthusiasm in our applicants. It's more than I ever did to get a job.
- ScottBev 16y agoI just finished interviewing 12 grad students from the same school. I wish someone would have come in and given me such a clear reason to place them above the rest. Very nice idea with great execution surely that is worth something.
- gigawatt 16y ago"My name is Netta & Design is what I do. It's what I'm good at so why not?" Just what I'd be looking for in an employee — good, old-fashioned "meh, why not?" attitude.
- madh 16y agoAnyone else see gibberish? (Chrome 11/XP) This can't be good. http://awesomescreenshot.com/0e59u240c http://awesomescreenshot.com/0e59u240c
- noonespecial 16y agoIts a font thing. The style sheet calls for a load of YanoneKaffeesatz-Light.otf and a few others from the server. If that goes wrong for some reason, there's no alternate so you get gibberish.
- bourdine 16y agoI'm sure it was a joke from thankuz. Otherwise I can not explain the oval-designed resume.
- edw519 16y agoI 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.)
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- brown9-2 16y agoDon't you think it's also possible for someone to know exactly what an employer would like to hear, and then say exactly that?
- kmfrk 16y agoIf she can win over edw519, I'm sure it doesn't hurt to put it in your application. Regardless of what can be construed from it. :) Telling an employer what they want to hear without the employer noticing is still a skill, no less.
- crux_ 16y agoI 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.
- Tichy 16y agoI thought wearing heels is "the ugly stuff" (bad for joints and muscles, painful, suffering to look good).
- alex_carlill 16y agothis comment is possibly the most asinine thing I've read all day - naive, ignorant and kinda sexist as well. whether or not someone wears high heels says very little about them, and drawing conclusions from its insertion in a CV is beyond stupid.
- postacrylic 16y agoThe copywriting is really awful - it makes her come across as a try-hard... She should have just put up a page with her work and the line: "I want to work at Instagram. Why should you hire me? Take a look at my work", and then post a bunch of kick-ass projects. Over-the-top copy coming from a designer always is a sign that they're trying to hide subpar quality of work.
- xp84 16y agoOr that you're a designer not a copywriter. You know. One of those two things.
- kevintwohy 16y agoWow. Reading the negativity in some of these comments makes me want to think twice about sharing something I've made with HN. That's a bad thing. It's not perfect. It's not the first time anyone's ever had this idea. Maybe you wouldn't hire her. Who cares? Not everyone's running for best-most-perfect-idea-in-the-universe-ever. She made a thing. Good on her.
- beaumartinez 16y agoNegative comments? Eat em up. Take note of what people dislike (be it even solely out of jealousy or spite, which is the vibe some of these comments give me) and work them into making your next creation even better.
- de90 16y agoIt's easy to criticize. Surely anyone who does like it doesn't have much to say other than an obvious "it's good". I don't think it's wrong though that people point out what they don't like, or would improve on. It's doesn't mean the person giving feedback is right, but it does allow the person who created it to take it into consideration. Honestly, if you get feedback that's 'hard to take' it's probably because you know it needs to be changed.
- katieben 16y agoAgreed. As a newbie in the HN community hoping to share some of my work soon, this is really disappointing. There's a difference between being constructively critical and judging. I would welcome more of the former.
- ryanhuff 16y agoDon't let it stop you. Understand going in that there will be noise in the feedback, and to sort through it to extract the valuable feedback. Its not personal, because the judgmental don't really know you.
- fistofjohnwayne 16y agoWait a minute. jQuery 1.2.3 and jQuery 1.4? Just for the image hover?
- jarek 16y agoPackets for nothing and bits for free...
- andrewljohnson 16y agoI'm sorry, I don't hire Aries. Only Cancers and Leos for my company.
- Tichy 16y agoOMG, instant app idea. Are there astrology pages for hiring already? You could enter the zodiacs of all your employees to determine if a new hire would match or not...
- mrshoe 16y agoTo 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, but they will not base their hiring decision on that. If the portfolio, which in this case includes the resume itself, isn't impressive work, they will pass. Showcase your actual work well and present it in the most impressive possible light and employers will take notice even if you don't buy a domain name for every company to which you're applying.
- crasshopper 16y agoWhat about recent grads? Or career-switchers?
- sukuriant 16y agoDisclaimer: I'm not HR I would say that recent grads still have the same issue. In college, you write a lot of large projects; and, if you felt so inclined outside of your regular curriculum (if it was bored, or you wanted to go the next step in a project you liked, etc), you may want to do projects in your spare time. All of those large [curricular or not] activities you did can be put on your resume! I certainly don't have the end-all-be-all resume, but alongside my college work experience, my resume contained such things as: * a neural network (NEAT) based, othello game board evaluator (done for a grad project); and, * a back-propagation based neural network project, also done as a grad project for a different class. I had quite an obsession with NNs in school (still do). My point is: even projects you've done in school can count as things you've done that are worth considering. As for career switchers, if they're going to go into a higher level position, I would encourage them to show that they can do what the higher-level job is asking of them, and saying "I've done this on my own!" through projects is one way to do that.
- geoffw8 16y agoMaybe for developers this is the case, all sorts of things count, i.e. salary level.
- niico 16y agoSeriously?
- reason 16y agoSo HN: Why does this get voted up because of the hustle and for her actually "doing something", and yet there are Rate My Startup posts of actual somethings that go unnoticed on a daily basis? Check out the "new" and "ask" pages to help some of those people who've put a lot of effort into their executions by giving them more exposure.
- nir 16y agoToday I realized that PG was right: HN really isn't turning into Reddit. It's turning into Cosmo.
- kenjackson 16y agoNot to move this more towards Reddit, but it would be nice if there were a separate tab for rating startups. That seems like such an important aspect of HN, I'd like it to be called out more. And upvotes on that get double karma or something.
- geekfactor 16y agoIs instagrid failing under the front-page pummeling? Her page isn't showing any images: http://instagrid.me/nettatheninja/ http://instagrid.me/nettatheninja/
- dr_ 16y agoMight be a good idea to create some filter effects on your own and apply them to your photos - giving a sample of the original and your various filters applied to it. Just a thought. Good luck.
- cancelbubble 16y agoDidn't read every comment here, but took a quick peak at the source code on the home page. Don't know if anyone else caught this: <script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.0/jquery.min.js http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.0/jquery.min... type="text/javascript"></script> <script src="js/jquery.js" type="text/javascript"></script> She's loading jQuery twice, the second is the older 1.2.3.
- geekfactor 16y agoDid Netta the Ninja break Instagram? http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2361470 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2361470
- NathanLands 16y agoThis is hilarious. I wouldn't be surprised if Instagram hired this guy just for publicity because of the attention on here.
- thankuz 16y agoFor one, she's a she, not a 'guy'. Second, that's the whole point - to get noticed!
- crasshopper 16y agoHere's a question. Why isn't every resume a website? This is the era of about.me, flavors.me, and filing your resume online. The www allows for image, audio, code, and video, as well as text. Why are resumes still pretending to be paper (pdf / doc)?
- hung 16y agoHaters gonna hate. Give her a break. The site's not half bad and at least she tried.
- dholowiski 16y agoI built a site like this once for a company I wanted to work for very badly. I didn't get the job, but I did at least get a response from them, which is very unusual.
- ignifero 16y agopicture perfect CV replacements are already getting old
- tlrobinson 16y agoI always find these kinds of "résumés" rather awkward. Yes, companies usually like to hire people who are passionate about the product, but it's possible to be passionate in a creepy obsessive way too.
- jrockway 16y agoWhat's with the trend of public overdesigned resumes? If you want to work for company X, call your friend that works there and ask them for an interview. They will probably be very interested in speaking to you.
- xelipe 16y agoWhy doesn't she find a technical co-founder and start her the next Instagram?
- xelipe 16y agoIf I were her I would immediately update the website to read I Wanna to Work at Color.
- sofal 16y agoWait, is this still considered unique and outside-the-box? I must be living on the edge.
- tyng 16y agoAgreed, seen a few too many these days
- tuhin 16y agoFWIW http://tuhinkumar.com/portfolio/instagram/ http://tuhinkumar.com/portfolio/instagram/ (The first (or second maybe) Instagram redesign before everyone joined the party)
- mikeleeorg 16y agoSay what you will, but I hope I can create a product or business awesome enough to inspire candidates to do something like this.
- akulbe 16y agoI think that a bunch of the people commenting on this thread should go back and read this: http://thingist.com/t/item/4372/ http://thingist.com/t/item/4372/ Seriously.
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- tadruj 16y agoI'll remove Instagram if she doesn't land a job :)
- sgt 16y agoWell done. And she's certainly creative, intelligent and incredibly talented at what she does. Hope she gets the job!
- mccon104 16y agoI hate to be the debbie downer here. I love her ambition and ability to market herself, but when you are attempting to sell yourself as a visual & UX designer shouldn't your design be original? Both this page and her portfolio are blatant "adaptations" of inspectelement's html5 single page portfolio design http://inspectelement.com/html5portfolio/ http://inspectelement.com/html5portfolio/ The top bar, color choices, structure, font, her "logo" for her portfolio, the contact me portion... all of that comes straight from the template edit: added "contact" part
- hopeless 16y agoI like the Instagram (well, I liked it better when it wasn't so crashtastic) but I can't help feeling her talents would be wasted there since there's basically no web presence.
- sfbiker 16y agoOr if anyone wants a date, she's looking for that too.... http://www.okcupid.com/profile/nettatheninja http://www.okcupid.com/profile/nettatheninja