October 19, 2006

A PLUPERFECT ILLUSTRATION OF THE SUPERIORITY THEORY OF HUMOR:

WANNABE BANKER'S VIDEO RESUME BACKFIRES (PAUL THARP, October 12, 2006, NY Post)

A young Yale overachiever just wanted a job on Wall Street - but his overblown video resume is triggering an Internet firestorm rivaling Paris Hilton's sex video.

Aleskey Vayner, a senior history major, envisioned himself as a perfect candidate for Wall Street power, boasting of an "insatiable appetite for success" and a credo to always "ignore losers."

Instead, he unleashed a torrent of outrage and jokes on the 'Net, where his slick video resume was derided as egotistical bunk loaded with fakery, such as a karate chop through seven red bricks and a scene supposedly portraying him bench-pressing 495 pounds. [...]

Vayner told Dow Jones he might sue UBS for breach of privacy because he sent his paper resume to UBS with a cover letter saying he would "consider a career" offer from the firm.


Posted by Orrin Judd at October 19, 2006 6:54 PM
Comments

Is this the Yale Taliban guy? Did he listen to too many John Kerry speeches?

Posted by: Steve at October 19, 2006 8:22 PM

It's not entirely clear from the article, but it seems this guy made his "video resume" publicly availble "on his website", and now he's all bent out of shape, claiming "breach of privacy" because he got the attention he craved, but not in the form in which he felt he was entitled.

"Privacy" has become a code word for "how dare you judge my exhibitionist behavior. You're only supposed to admire me."

Posted by: Raoul Ortega at October 19, 2006 8:23 PM

I caught this via Ace of Spades the other day. If he has any sense he'll follow it up with even more overblown self-tributes. I only watched the first couple minutes of his video and I wasn't at all certain it wasn't meant to be comedy.

Posted by: Guy T. at October 19, 2006 9:02 PM

The words of that great thinker, Montgomery Burns come to mind:

"You sir, have the boorish manners of a Yalie!"

Posted by: Jim in Chicago at October 19, 2006 9:17 PM

"Vayner."

It is always such a treat when people live up to their puns.

Posted by: Pontius at October 20, 2006 12:27 AM
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