I See Stupid People
Now, I’m pretty open when it comes to technology, and I like video and internet video a lot. Yet there are directions I believe should be avoided. A classic one is profiled here: Time on video résumés. Not because I dislike personal branding (hell, I might even throw something similar up, real soon now), but because one thing I do not want to do is to go through cringe-worthy videos when I’m hiring someone. Seriously, most video résumés will go the Vayner way (google it, I hear he’s lawsuit-happy), because it is so insanely easy to make fun of people’s self-promotional videos. If it’s good, you’ll look like a tool who has too much time and money, and if it’s bad… it’ll be bad. Yes, there might be a few Nam June Paik’s out there who can create something wonderful, but they’ll be very rare. And they would have probably figured it out anyway. Trust me, this is not a good thing.
