Recommendation Letter

Friday, May 15, 2009

Someday, someone will write a glowing review of my skills like this:

Casey ▬▬▬▬▬
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John Maloney
President
Tumblr, Inc.
New York, NY

Dear Mr. Maloney,

It is my pleasure to provide this recommendation letter for Christopher Price, his performance working as a Web Developer at ▬▬▬▬▬ proved that he will be an addition to any company.

I have worked with Christopher for five years in my capacity as Director of Web Services for ▬▬▬▬▬. Christopher worked for me on various projects as Web Developer, and based on his work, I would rank him as one of the people named Christopher we have had working for us.

Christopher distinguished himself by consistently working at roughly half his capacity, which fortunately for us is more than enough considering the output of the vast majority of our other employees. His ability to provide adequate, mostly functional web applications at the last possible minute, leaving no time for feedback or changes, was a hallmark of his working style. Christopher is highly intelligent and has good analytical and communication skills, which he frequently utilizes to avoid work, and/or limit the amount of work he has to do. These talents combined resulted in a long, largely uneventful, somewhat productive 15 year run at ▬▬▬▬▬.

In addition to his ability to Google code and copy it, Christopher brought additional skills to the table that you may find of use:

One time I asked him for help on some CSS and he was able to provide it

We were playing table tennis awhile ago and the ball went off the table in an erratic way to which Christopher responded by nonchalantly kicking the ball back into play without missing a beat

Some times Christopher attends meetings, and may even add something to the conversation, although it will most likely be about what he ate last night or his hangover

Christopher’s insatiable appetite for the Internet was quite a challenge for us to keep him on task, but I believe if my Google is accurate that your company has something to do with the Internet, so it is possible this may work to your advantage

Christopher owns a number of ironic and/or clever t-shirts

I believe Christopher runs an Internet blog which he has assured us is quite popular, again this is something that was a problem for us, but may prove valuable to your company, although I must admit I have no idea what a Tumblr, Inc. is

When I forget keyboard shortcuts on my Macintosh, Christopher is always no more than an AOL instant message away and within 45 minutes typically responds with helpful information

If his performance in our company is any indication of how he would perform in yours, let me be the first to say good luck, and by good luck I mean that he will certainly be a member of your team.

If I can be of any further assistance, or provide you with any further information, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Yours Sincerely,

Casey ▬▬▬▬▬

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He really did send this to John.