wow. it'd be hard to be vayner than that.
maybe he should apply for Kim Il's job, if NoKo has a vacancy for a megalomaniac?
seriously, though--it is worth keeping in mind that this guy is not that far out of the norm for a) Ivy League grads and b) would be investment bankers.
He just missed the workshop on faux humility.
Maybe his strategy is to make the most ultimate toolish video ever, then sue UBS for releasing his confidential information when it inevitably ended up on YouTube.
Then that accomplishment will be included in the next version.
seriously, though--it is worth keeping in mind that this guy is not that far out of the norm for a) Ivy League grads and b) would be investment bankers.
Yes he is. I mean, maybe not the megalomania but generally the i-bankers are much better at packaging.
This is why having your birth foretold by a swallow is no big deal, and the kind of thing that belongs on a (2-page) resume.
Actually, my birth was attended by a bat in the room. Must be a Canadian thing.
I mean, maybe not the megalomania but generally the i-bankers are much better at packaging.
You might be surprised. Especially right out of school.
Standard seems to be one page, maybe two if you're really super with the coffee-making internships, on beautiful cotton paper, highlighting stellar grades and SAT scores (why does Morgan Stanley care about your math SAT? who knows.)
Video with the pretend 140-mph serve? Wayyyyyyyy outside the norm.
6- totally outside the norm- the average non-professional player's serve is only about 60-80mph.
Also, my vote is for fake and/or performance art.
But I don't think a pretend 140-mph serve is that uncommon.
my vote is for fake and/or performance art.
I thought that at first, except he seems well-known around Yale for this kind of puffery. Also, he used to be called Aleksey Garber (p.12).
He may not be attempting to get a job, but to send-up the system. At least I hope so.
The video is pretty weird, but the story linked in 10 is really fucking weird. This guy obviously needs to be locked away somewhere secure, and beaten.
"This guy obviously needs to be locked away somewhere secure, and beaten."
with a tennis racket. It would have done so much for some other yale grads I can think of.
Oh. That's right. He *was* beaten, as part of his frat hazing. Hmmm....I guess people don't always take away the right lesson from corporal punishment.
$10 says he submitted something similar with his Yale application, four years ago. Hey, if it works once, right?
So what's the story on his life at Yale following the article published, while he was a prefrosh, announcing that he was a crazy liar? I could probably investigate this, I'm sure there are some Yale '05s in the room I'm currently in.
That Gallagher essay is old now (I remember reading it when I was in high school, 10+ years ago?) ... and it should be the in the category of "a good idea the first time, but pretty much ruins it for every other college-applying tool out there." We can draw a straight line from Gallagher to Garber/Vayner.
Clearly, this guy is living beyond the "real or fake" distinction.
A good thing about this guy's resume approach is that he's unlikely to end up anyplace where he's a bad fit. I mean, they know what they're getting.
I've noticed that the one thing that superhumans apparently can't do is sort out really nasty dead-echoes on the soundtrack of their infomercials, or apply even a little bit of EQ or compression to their voice-overs. If I was Doctor Who I would be able to exploit that weakness and save the world.
Here's another of Vayner's many works. You really have to see it to believe it, or not believe it as the case may be.
If it were sincere, it would be crazy. But I can't imagine that it is. It's got to be his personal joke-- he doesn't want to work at UBS in I-banking. Someone with an 11-page fictional resume and a video that shows them as a superhero wants to become a comic actor, writer, marketer, designer, producer--- something like that.
He's got a great brand already: crazy, funny, creative. And he's gotten UBS and all the blogs to do his marketing for him. Very clever.
20 -- Dr. Who had technical difficulties of his own.
Dr. Who had technical difficulties of his own. Had?
Dave Tennant has appeared on American screens now, as the young Casanova in the current Masterpiece Theatre, opposite Peter O'Toole.
I can tell that his service motion is too inefficient for him to have a chance of hitting a tennis ball that hard. Professional tennis players who serve very hard have loose arms; the power comes from the build-up of racquet speed through a smooth range of motion.
I would have hired him had the ski-jump been followed with a montage of him performing the same trick on a half-pipe, however.
More stories over here including:
he claimed to have KILLED 24 people in the caves of Tibet
And! Based on his googling skillz, he'll be showing up here anytime now. I can't wait.
The dance partner's bra doesn't fit properly.
It's got to be an overindulged art student. Seriously, he can't be several years into his Yale career when meeting all of these people for his pretend Holocaust book and be the class of 2008 at the same time.
Performance art or 'notice me notice me mommy told me I'm superspecial'. Unfortunately, it's not really any more creative than Legally Blonde but I'm sure he'll end up somewhere just fine because he's so unique.
I think he is just a pathological liar. It probablly doesn't hurt when applying to college.
Could pathological dishonesty be a protected disability? And if not, could it be a valuable asset for any profession other than conman and serial killer? Maybe he should be applying for the CIA.
Wasn't Jacq/ueline Pas/sey looking for a boyfriend suitable to her refined tastes?
30: If you read the article that apostropher links to in 10, Jackmormon, you'll see that he's actually already worked for the CIA so I don't think he'd want to retread that ground. I'm sure he's got his sights set on working for a government agency so secret that you've never even heard of it. Which is run by the Dalai Lama. Impossible is nothing.
My favorite part of the video is the very beginning when he responds to "You've become a model of personal development and an inspiration to those around you" with a modest smile and glance downward. Oh, how kind of you to say those words which I wrote and told you to say!
This guy peaked too early. You're supposed to wait until you get a job at the Atlantic Monthly or some such before you go down this path.
32: I thought that was the shame slipping out.
Actually, I rather liked it. But I feel we need to know more about the brands of success. What does Mr Vayner wear?
Dagnabbit "This video has been removed due to copyright infringement"
And much more. I haven't read any claims of bear-fucking, but I suspect they have been made.