<story><title>I was rejected by Codecademy three times, so I built my own</title><url>https://codeamigo.dev?ref=HN</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>mtc010170</author><text>Way to be! It&amp;#x27;s silly how often employers overlook the &amp;quot;I just really want to be part of&amp;#x2F;build this&amp;quot; factor. People with that make for excellent teammates.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>PragmaticPulp</author><text>&amp;gt; It&amp;#x27;s silly how often employers overlook the &amp;quot;I just really want to be part of&amp;#x2F;build this&amp;quot; factor. People with that make for excellent teammates.&lt;p&gt;Every startup I&amp;#x27;ve been a part of has picked up a few extremely passionate but not necessarily fully qualified people along the way. It&amp;#x27;s &lt;i&gt;hard&lt;/i&gt; to turn down an enthusiastic candidate who really, really likes your company, so they&amp;#x27;re often given a chance.&lt;p&gt;Some of them turned out to be excellent teammates who did everything necessary to grow into the role.&lt;p&gt;But sadly, many of them just wanted to be startup people without doing the startup grunt work. Worst case, someone with a lot of passion that goes in a different direction than the founders can become a drag on the company or create a lot of conflict. (NOTE: I&amp;#x27;m speaking generally, not implying this is the case with the linked author)&lt;p&gt;Passionate people are &lt;i&gt;generally&lt;/i&gt; good when their skills and wants align with the company, but if they&amp;#x27;re not well-aligned then the passion just amplifies every conflict.</text></comment>
<story><title>I was rejected by Codecademy three times, so I built my own</title><url>https://codeamigo.dev?ref=HN</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>mtc010170</author><text>Way to be! It&amp;#x27;s silly how often employers overlook the &amp;quot;I just really want to be part of&amp;#x2F;build this&amp;quot; factor. People with that make for excellent teammates.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>xtracto</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s complicated. At my last startup (web application) I was in charge of hiring for the technical team.  I&amp;#x27;ve got an application from a guy who &lt;i&gt;really really&lt;/i&gt; wanted to work there. But the truth is that he didn&amp;#x27;t have basic coding skills (in that, he couldn&amp;#x27;t do FizzBuzz level of coding).  I really tried to get him in but in reality we would not have been able to put him in any position.&lt;p&gt;I was sad because he sent the best &amp;quot;cover letters&amp;quot; I have read ever. And I almost never care about cover letters.</text></comment>