heckin.sick This is day one of me sending resumes that are very clearly not made with ai to companies until one...
A lot of resumes look like they were copy‑pasted from the same boring AI template. This reel flips that on its head: a guy literally wrapping his resume in shiny foil and announcing it’s “day one” of sending clearly human resumes until someone hires him. It’s goofy, visual, and impossible to scroll past. That’s exactly how your job applications should feel in a pile of beige PDFs.
The oversized crinkly foil, the workshop pegboard in the background, the surprised expression—none of it screams “corporate professional.” It screams “there’s a real person here who tried something.” That visual chaos is a pattern interrupt. Hiring managers are bored out of their minds sifting through samey resumes; a clearly human application is a relief, not a liability.
Basecamp uses a longform, story‑driven application style that forces candidates to write like real humans instead of pasting robotic bullet points.
Valve famously encourages narrative, portfolio‑heavy applications that show how candidates think, build, and communicate in their own voice.