Job tip: Think twice before proclaiming yourself a “Ninja”
In case you were wondering, no, that's not me in the picture.
Call me old-school, but I find the whole “web ninja” moniker ridiculous. I guess when someone calls himself a ninja, he’s trying to imply that he has mastered a wide array of skills that he uses when he wages war against websites. Wonderful imagery. Honestly – moving.
But I just can’t take people that refer to themselves as ninjas seriously, sorry.
I recently had to wade through a pile of resumes to fill a couple web designer jobs at Concordia University and ran across a handful of applicants who referred to themselves as “web ninjas”. Now I’m fully aware, there are some companies out there that have staff members with titles such as “Web ninja“,etc. That’s fine, I get it. These companies are avant-garde, cutting edge, and hip. Got it. Coo’. But when an individual writes “I’m a CSS ninja” in his cover letter – it makes me pause and wonder, “Can I take this guy seriously?”, then right after, it puts me into, “Let’s-see-how-good-this-ninja-really-is-mode”. Read more…