Impossible is Nothing

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2009-06-26T20:25:41Z

video resumé by Aleksey Vayner

2006

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= active douchebags, viral videos, banking, lies, exaggeration, russia, humiliation

Impossible is Nothing <h2>About</h2> <p>“Impossible Is Nothing” is the title of a larger-than-life video resumé created by then Yale University student Aleksey Vayner in October 2006. One of the companies he applied at leaked the video, which spread like wildfire across the interwebs.</p> <p><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rnW_9uiT1xg&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rnW_9uiT1xg&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /> <blockquote>original video (non-self-posted)</blockquote></p> <p>Even though only one question was asked — “how do some people like yourself become very proficient in their field much faster than most?” — Vayner manages to give a 6 minute answer.</p> <h2>Spread</h2> <p>According to Forbes Magazine bankers at <strong><span class="caps">UBS</span></strong> who had received Vayner’s application immediately e-mailed the video to friends. Too good not to share, the video soon ended up on public video sites, blogs and social networks.</p> <h2>Search Trending</h2> <p><em>blue = “Impossible is nothing”, red = “Aleksey Vayner”</em></p> <p><img src="http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww138/Captain_Blubber/vizc.png" alt="" /></p> <h2>Itemized contents of job application</h2> <ul> <li>Cover letter</li> <li>Resume: One and a half page</li> <li>Writing Sample: Eight pages</li> <li>A glamour shot of Vayner</li> <li>Seven-minute video that features the following feats by Vayner (in order): <ul> <li><a href="/wiki/Interview" title="Interview">Interview</a>: gives advice for achieving life goals</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bench_press" title="">Bench press</a>: 495 pounds (225 kilograms)</li> <li>Downhill skiing: with jumps</li> <li>Tennis serve: 140 miles per hour (225 km/h or 63 m/s)</li> <li>Ballroom dancing: with female dancer</li> <li>Karate chop: seven bricks broken</li> </ul></li> </ul> <h2>More about Aleksey</h2> <p>The <em>New Yorker</em> wrote about Aleksey’s past fibs:</p> <ol> <li>Claims to have won two games against tennis great Pete Sampras, and taught Jerry Seinfeld and Harrison Ford to play</li> <li>The Dalai Lama wrote his college recommendation letter</li> <li>He was an action star and professional skier</li> </ol> <p>Read the full article <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2006/10/23/061023ta_talk_mcgrath">here</a></p> <p>Aleksey also sent numerous cease-and-desist letters to YouTube, various blogs, and <span class="caps">UBS</span> for their involvement with spreading the video.</p> <h2>Remixes</h2> <p>The famous Michael Cera parody, “Impossible is the opposite of possible”:<br /> <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/nAV0sxwx9rY&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/nAV0sxwx9rY&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p> <p><span class="caps">NSFW</span> parody<br /> <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Ax_muDmueJQ&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Ax_muDmueJQ&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p> <h2>Mainstream Crossover</h2> <p>The <span class="caps">CBS</span> series <em>How I Met Your Mother</em> took on the idea of the shamelessly self-promotional video resume with <a href=http://www.barneysvideoresume.com/">Barney Stinson’s Video Resume</a>, for the character played by Neil Patrick Harris.</p> <p>For the record… he didn’t got the job.</p>

2009-09-14T16:16:10Z

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