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If my startup fails, this is my cover letter for my next employer
- raffi 18y agoI submitted this yesterday and pulled it after 20 minutes. This was written in jest to capture my feelings the day before I announced my product here.
- aaronblohowiak 18y agoI'm glad that it was in jest; you may convince someone that you'd work just as hard for them as you did for yourself. I doubt that is a situation most people would enjoy, especially as the first job after a folded startup.
- mtrichardson 18y agoYou definitely have to read the entire article. I assumed it was some dailywtf-style rant until the last paragraph.
- byrneseyeview 18y agoYou do? I thought the punchline was clear by the middle of the second paragraph. I wanted not to know, but eh.
- patio11 18y agoThis is one of the best pieces of writing on entrepreneurship I have ever seen.
- matthewer 18y agoThis is pretty funny because I am in a similar situation, and have been wondering how the hell I am going to explain the last two years of my life. Could anyone in HR really understand what it is like to start a company?
- chollida1 18y ago> Could anyone in HR really understand what it is like to start a company? Odd that you would assume that anyone in HR is incapable of starting their own company.
- ibsulon 18y agoMost people in a small (<50 people) company would understand.
- Dilpil 18y agoLet us extend the question to "Could anyone at a company where the HR department does interviews..."
- d13hard 18y agoi guess this is how one 24 year-old impresses another one see: blowing smoke
- sgrove 18y agoCongratulations to raffi for launching. I enjoyed this piece, and it would serve its stated purpose very well I believe. An impressive feat by an impressive individual, it seems. Wish you all the best!
- lionhearted 18y agoI think this joking, but remember this anyways: No one gives a damn about "I, I, I, me, me, me..." "I did xyz... and I want xyz... and for me, I want... and I do... and I'm..." People want, "...for you, can be done... value to you... profit to you... minimal risk to you... incentive-based, so you only pay me as work is delivered..." People are persuaded by appealing to their own interests. If you give an I/me centric story to persuade a savvy business person to do something, you're instantly getting written off 90%+ of the time. If you can show someone that you can do amazing things for them, they'll choose you and you profit.
- eru 18y agoThe only you-sentence in the piece was: "I have many skills, high standards, and can assume any roles necessary to help you succeed."
- dangrover 18y agoWell, the whole conceit of the piece is that the guy is his own horrible boss, but could presumably be as effective working for someone else who appreciates his ethic. The whole thing could be a lot more direct if the goal was to persuade, but then the humor would be lost.
- cmos 18y agoThis was extremely fun to read. I love it. It helps people to understand that working for a startup probably won't bring you riches, but it will make you a better person.
- albertcardona 18y agoNice idea--but too long: who would read past the first winning sentences? Consider the potential employer may have dozens or hundreds of resumes to read.
- mlLK 18y agoIs the author here referring to himself as his boss in third-person? The last paragraph somewhat implicitly states it but isn't 100% clear. . .no one else I asked so I felt I obligated to ask it.
- eru 18y agoYes, that's how I read it and most people here seem to operate under the same assumption.