I created a fake PR and Marketing Startup in order to find a job

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4 points·Brenden105··5 comments

I wanted to try something different in order to find a job... it is a little narcissistic, but still.

And what happens if your future employer happens to google your name (which is not very common) and finds this article on HN (your first name is in your ID and your last name is in the URL) in which you admit that "I created a fake PR and Marketing Startup in order to find a job"? You could certainly be fired for lying on your job application. Do yourself a favor and delete this posting. (I already did you a favor by flagging it for you.)

And why are you posting this on HN anyway? Do you think the people here who created real startups are going to be impressed with someone who created a fake one?

Parody vs Fake is what difference, again?

It's helpful to think that through:

"I created a padody twitter account..."

"...to prove I can write fiction"

Sounds like a work-sample test.[1,2,3]

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[1] http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/08/12/meet-the-goldman-sach...

[2] http://money.cnn.com/2014/03/19/news/companies/gselevator-bo...

[3] That being said, OP should really read these footnotes--The perils of using bad judgement are real.

If he is a good worker why would the future employer fire him? This is actually a pretty daring approach and he actually put in a lot of effort in just making a fake one tho.

I am including it as part of my application, not worried about anyone seeing it.

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