This seems like a losing strategy: invest tens of hours in a single application for a highly visible opening with no expectation of a callback.
I'd think an applicant would want to cast a wider net and then escalate investment in individal openings as hiring companies signaled some mutual interest.
Maybe some rules of thumb are in order, i.e. x hours for an application, 2x hours for a first interview, etc.
Your time investment should also scale based on the value of the position. I know a position at Google would be immensely valuable to my career and pay more. In that situation, spending 10x time investment on my Google application vs my Joe's Coding Shack application seems natural.
This is the Internet. If you're looking for a job, and something impressive with your name on it gets to the top of HN, Reddit, Slashdot, or even Digg, you'll have ample opportunities.
Heck, the only reason I haven't quit my job yet is I'm working on something potentially impressive right now that isn't done yet.
We live in a world full of cattle. Go to school, get a job, retire, etc... Fill out a boring resume, get promoted, get promoted again, have kids, GOTO 10.
Even if someone is good at their job, I'd never hire some run-of-the-mill joe who has zero creativity over someone like this, who thinks outside the box a bit and gives something like this a shot.
It's certainly not a trend, we're just seeing a lot of these unique approaches to being employed recently on HN.
Oh, like every other gimmick, it will become the hot thing to do. When it is overused and burnt out, it will die and everyone will hate it. Until then, a well-executed one is still fairly standout.
This specific form might get overused and burnt out, but spending time on learning about the company and finding out and explaining why you are a great candidate for the opening will always require some time investment that not everyone will be ready to make. How you present it might change, but I'd think that it will always make you stand out.
However, at the end of the day, the only thing it does is calling attention to your resume/portfolio, and making sure the company knows you're very interested. (rather than being one company out of tens to which you sent your resume) But if the resume/portfolio doesn't interest them, it won't change much.
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Looks like this sort of thing is becoming a trend. I'm not sure if that's a good thing.
This seems like a losing strategy: invest tens of hours in a single application for a highly visible opening with no expectation of a callback.
I'd think an applicant would want to cast a wider net and then escalate investment in individal openings as hiring companies signaled some mutual interest.
Maybe some rules of thumb are in order, i.e. x hours for an application, 2x hours for a first interview, etc.
I'm not sure that's how designers think about things
Your time investment should also scale based on the value of the position. I know a position at Google would be immensely valuable to my career and pay more. In that situation, spending 10x time investment on my Google application vs my Joe's Coding Shack application seems natural.
This is the Internet. If you're looking for a job, and something impressive with your name on it gets to the top of HN, Reddit, Slashdot, or even Digg, you'll have ample opportunities.
Heck, the only reason I haven't quit my job yet is I'm working on something potentially impressive right now that isn't done yet.
Bee Keeping, Food Rapping & Growing a Reliable Bear Quickly are all generic skills.
He only needs to change a few names & characters to use the same awesome application for different openings.
We live in a world full of cattle. Go to school, get a job, retire, etc... Fill out a boring resume, get promoted, get promoted again, have kids, GOTO 10.
Even if someone is good at their job, I'd never hire some run-of-the-mill joe who has zero creativity over someone like this, who thinks outside the box a bit and gives something like this a shot.
It's certainly not a trend, we're just seeing a lot of these unique approaches to being employed recently on HN.
Oh, like every other gimmick, it will become the hot thing to do. When it is overused and burnt out, it will die and everyone will hate it. Until then, a well-executed one is still fairly standout.
This specific form might get overused and burnt out, but spending time on learning about the company and finding out and explaining why you are a great candidate for the opening will always require some time investment that not everyone will be ready to make. How you present it might change, but I'd think that it will always make you stand out.
However, at the end of the day, the only thing it does is calling attention to your resume/portfolio, and making sure the company knows you're very interested. (rather than being one company out of tens to which you sent your resume) But if the resume/portfolio doesn't interest them, it won't change much.