I'd say that each step in my journey as a designer and learner in general brought me, in some part, to my desire to work with RG

My interest in RG as a consumer came with the rap critiques, but when I noticed the growth beyond that single dimension of content, I knew it was something I wanted to help grow.

honestly, I think you guys could accomplish something special in making knowledge more accessible, and I think I could help in an awesome way to help build that future and make it a reality

LOOK AT ME GO:

These guys do a good job

I've never once used the phrase, "what can brown do for you?" but it's fitting here

I also created a black version of the design in keeping with current aesthetic, also visible here.

Jigga man makes a ton of references to the law, and this happens a lot in rap. Just one example of how different branches of the eventual Genius sites could tie together.

Mahbod once said something like, "everything is hip hop, if you think about it." I'm...thinking about it.

william carlos williams is a poet:

1. through meetups, conferences, livestreaming conversations,
2. campaigns to engage the different Genius communities and get them to interact with one another
3. featuring superstar users or explanations,
4. publishing books or merchandising explanations in a creative way, and
5. building an API to give the developers in the community access to data to create cool products with RG content

Comedians + Spiritual leaders uniting:

I barely understand any of these things. I actually want Rap Genius for myself, even if no one else reads those explanations.

Apples aren't vegetables, but these are DELICIOUS.

referencing a little known artist by the name of Justin Timberlake.

This is also a reference to Justin's line from "Bye Bye Bye": "It's gonna be May," when I'm graduating from Penn + would be ready to join the RG team if welcomed.

I was voted School Sleepyhead in high school.

...and Most Likely to Change the World.

False. There are three primary colors.

I was actually raised a Jain and learned that nonviolence is the best policy, so this reference is a little ironic
Hipsters dig irony

This is Ankit's last chance at seeming impressive to his potential employer, so he makes a list of other cool things that have little to do with the job.

I spent a summer at Yale working with science geniuses to save babies with congenital heart defects. All the RG founders went to Yale. It's like a match made in heaven.

the Wharton Program for Social Impact had some resources they wanted to use to change the world. I worked with the Social Entrepreneurship Movement at Penn to convince them that Wharton should put the responsibility in our hands to do the work for them.

You might be familiar. I'm talking about the guys that created this thing:

I didn't really know what I was doing, but I used what resources I had, raised buckets of money from people who read my blog and now these kids are looking fresh, feeling great, and growing up smart. And it's still growing. Awesome? Awesome.

I like finding reasons to talk about running. It's one of the few things I can say I'm good at without having to build a website to prove it.

There's little I don't think I can learn very quickly if I were required or wanted to. I have a thing for habits and Pareto's Principle (20% work -> 80% results).

If RG needed me to pick up new skills to build something or execute on a new project, I'd be good about ensuring I had the chops to do it if I didn't already.

And then he argues that they are relevant to the job after noting that they are irrelevant to the job.
(But really, I do think they would make me a stronger asset to the team)

Ankit has fun when working! He's sure that this would make other people at the RG office happy too.

Ankit sometimes thinks he's like Jay-Z and often cites the line, 'Difficult takes a day. Impossible takes a week," although he does not sell kilos of coke.
Also, there is pretty much nothing he doesn't think he can learn very quickly if he was required to. He has a thing for habits and Pareto's Principle.

A one dimensional candidate who may be incredible at something but has little breadth of character would probably be less successful and, over time, less flexible, than I would

Ankit is 21. He sometimes uses sarcasm but is afraid that people don't get it.

If he doesn't think he's Jay-Z, Ankit thinks he's Bruce Wayne. Watching the movies gets him in the zone.

The girls love it. Obviously.

There's gotta be some constellations here somewhere.

646 339 7020

a.shah811@gmail.com

facebook.com/ankitshah

twitter.com/ankitshah

No really though. Thank you so much for even taking the time to look through this. It means the world to me, and there's few things that would make me happier than to have the chance to join your team once college is over. The greater mission of RG is one that I resonate with strongly, and I would pick up whatever I needed to to help continue the trajectory it's looking at and turn it into a reality.

And for anyone that's not part of RG and looking at this -- I'm sure you hold your time in high regard. That you would spend an inkling of it with me (kind of) is amazing. In the words of Jay-Z, "You could be anywhere in the world, but you're here with me, and I appreciate that" (H to the Izzo, obviously).