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Rimstalker

Germany734 Posts

January 24 2014 21:01 GMT

#81

On January 25 2014 05:59 darkhorz wrote:
Are you seriously considering publishing personal information in a public forum from people that has applied? I can't believe I am reading this...

Probably not any more. But do you really think
'Michael C.'
does not give you plausible deniability?

Rimstalker

Germany734 Posts

January 28 2014 08:36 GMT

#82

Example of one of the nicer cover letters, used with permission:

Matthias,

This job sounds amazing, and I want to be a part of what you’re doing. I’ve been looking for something
like this for years. Your line about looking for “borderline autistic traits” made me laugh – I’ve been
thinking there should be a job out there for someone like me, who’d rather spend hours sorting,
organizing and tagging media files than actually watching them. Scanning through hundreds of
keywords, trying to optimize a campaign sounds like a dream job. My girlfriend thinks I’m nuts, but,
well, yeah.

I was just thinking about studying SQL to become a database admin, but this sounds even better, as I
could learn SQL and still be learning and doing other things.

Aside from the practical work, I’m interested on a philosophical level. I’ve been known to speak too
passionately on topics like privacy, encryption, Snowden, etc, so people sometimes want to talk about
how they find targeted advertising creepy. That’s when I surprise them. For me, the main thing wrong
with targeted advertising is that it isn’t good enough yet. I’ve had serious debates with friends about
the future of newspapers, the web and online advertising, and I very much believe in online
advertising as an industry. I think it’s a net positive for everybody, and I’d like to be involved.

For a while, I played poker online and in casinos. There were a lot of things I liked about it. Playing
professionally is very complex – you need to intuit and evaluate the odds constantly, very quickly, and
I was great at that. But I burned out on it. Once you’ve played through thousands of hands, there’s
nothing more to learn. There’s no growth, there’s nothing new, and worst of all, you’re not actually
doing anything. You’re not producing anything of value for anybody. I think I could apply some of the
same general sort of skills in this job, but for something that’s beneficial.

And while I never got into Starcraft, I did play a lot of C&C back in the day, and Civilization is the only
thing I’ve ever actually been addicted to – I swear that game is worse than cigarettes. I look at Civ 5
like a junkie staring at a morphine factory, but I can’t allow it on my hard drive. Anyway, culturally,
working with fellow gamers is a plus for me.

I’ve got a broad mix of skills, from the creative side of writing and graphic design to the mildly OCD
organizational stuff to general tech skills, and I know how to find whatever I need to know fast. Like,
I’ve never had a reason to dig in and learn Javascript, but I’ve poked at it enough to know it wouldn’t
be hard to pick up.

I’m interested in working with your group full-time and for the long haul. Everything about this suits
my skills, temperament, and lifestyle. I spent nine years as an expat and I want the freedom to move
and be independent, but I also want to be working as part of a team, and I’m confident I’d be a benefit
to yours. I’m excited to see what kinds of tests you’ve worked up.

Najda

United States3765 Posts

January 28 2014 22:47 GMT

#83

If we have not received an email by now, can we send you an email for feedback on the application? I'm dissapointed because I share a lot of the same skills at that person but was always taught to keep cover letters short and concise because no one wants to sit and read 50 cover letters that are 8 paragraphs long each.

Rimstalker

Germany734 Posts

January 28 2014 23:37 GMT

#84

Yes, you can.

You did see the part about ignoring the standards when it comes to your culture about cover letters?

Najda

United States3765 Posts

January 28 2014 23:42 GMT

#85

On January 29 2014 08:37 Rimstalker wrote:
Yes, you can.

You did see the part about ignoring the standards when it comes to your culture about cover letters?

Yeah I guess I just considered that a standard thing instead of a cultural thing but I understand where I was wrong.

Rimstalker

Germany734 Posts

January 29 2014 00:31 GMT

#86

to elaborate on this: I followed pretty much all the links that were provided, up to the point of reading opinion columns written for a student newspaper, or actually going to gosugamers.net and hunting for content created by an applicant.
I found someone to translate me Lithuanian (Estonian?) twitter messages, and I visited Liquipedia to check on people that claimed to have been professional players.

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