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Ask HN: Is it a problem if I submit my YC application in all lowercase

1 points by the_alphalaser 10 months ago · 8 comments · 1 min read


i know this is a stupid question and shouldn't matter but just wondering whether it would portray a careless attitude

bell-cot 10 months ago

I've zero authority or knowledge here...but my reaction to an all-lower-case resume or application would be: I don't know if they're OCD, or writing an "I did X and here's what happened" story, or what - but I won't waste any of my company's time or resources to find out.

pvg 10 months ago

It's probably less of a problem than submitting a YC application in all caps.

mnky9800n 10 months ago

I have to ask, why?

  • the_alphalaserOP 10 months ago

    my answers are in a p informal tone and lowercase makes it look just right. (also, i'm not applying to yc but this thing they have called summer fellows grants)

Rotundo 10 months ago

You've got exactly one chance for a first impression. If that impression looks sufficiently strange your application won't even be read but immediately discarded.

You do you, but remember that other people do, ehm, "them".

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