词条 | Impossible Is Nothing (video résumé) |
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Impossible Is Nothing is a 2006 video résumé by Aleksey Vayner (formerly Aleksey Garber, died January 23, 2013)[1][2] which became an Internet meme. History of job applicationIn October 2006, Yale University student Aleksey Vayner applied for a job with UBS, an investment bank. Amused by Vayner's apparent puffery, an unknown member of UBS staff emailed his application materials to other investment banks. The video was posted on various blogs, then YouTube, where it became an immense viral Internet phenomenon.[1] SummaryThe video opens with an apparently scripted interview between Vayner and an offscreen voice, which consists of a single question, to which Vayner gives a lengthy response. Using a considerable amount of business jargon, Vayner praises himself and shares his various insights on success, talent, and overcoming adversity. Interspliced with the interview are clips of various feats purportedly performed by Vayner, including bench pressing, skiing, playing tennis, ballroom dancing, and karate-chopping a stack of bricks. The video ends with a dedication to Radomir Kovačević and a credits sequence. FeaturesVayner's job application includes:
Dispute with IvyGateLegal threats by Vayner against UBS, YouTube, and various blogs did not slow its progress, only providing further fodder, subject to the Internet Streisand effect. One blog, IvyGate, became famous due to its disputes with Vayner. When Vayner emailed a cease-and-desist letter demanding that IvyGate remove "Impossible is Nothing" links from its website, the blog instead published the threat and taunted Vayner to sue them. In further investigating the incident, IvyGate learned and published[2] that:
Other detailsOther investigating publications learned that Vayner has variously claimed the following[5]
Aftermath and development of memeThe Internet meme surrounding "Impossible Is Nothing" spread in typical fashion: by word of mouth on blogs and by Internet, then covered both as a meme and a human interest story by major newspapers, which further accelerated growth. After the first phase of popularity, blog posters and others began adding their own fanciful contributions to Vayner's legend. These include several classic meme features:[5]
Vayner did not receive a job offer from UBS or any other bank, so he took a leave of absence from Yale.[2] Subsequent workIn January 2008, Vayner set up a website promoting his book, Millionaires' Blueprint to Success.[8][9] Cracked.com, an Internet humor site, pointed out that his book is extremely similar in layout and content to a book titled Secrets of the Millionaire Mind by T. Harv Eker in their article "Where Are They Now: Six "Stars" From Embarrassing Viral Videos,"[10] about the aftermath of several viral videos. Vayner appeared in Winnebago Man, a 2009 documentary about Jack Rebney, whose profanity-laced outtakes from a Winnebago industrial film also became an internet meme. In it, Vayner discusses his video resume and seems to accept that his unwelcomed fame is simply a part of who he is. DeathOn 23 January 2013, the Ivy League blog IvyGate reported,[11] and Gawker.com later confirmed,[12] that Vayner had died of unknown causes. A relative later said he had been told Vayner apparently had a heart attack after taking medicine of some kind.[13] References1. ^{{cite news|publisher=Forbes |url=https://www.forbes.com/careers/2006/10/12/leadership-careers-YouTube-lead-careers-cx_ll_1013vayner.html |first=Lisa |last=Lener |title=How Not To Get A Job |accessdate=2007-07-05 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070603010834/http://www.forbes.com/careers/2006/10/12/leadership-careers-YouTube-lead-careers-cx_ll_1013vayner.html |archivedate=3 June 2007 }} 2. ^1 {{cite news|publisher=Yale Daily News|last=Kaplan|first=Thomas|title=Vayner faces public criticism|url=http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2006/oct/25/vayner-faces-public-criticism/|date=2006-10-25|accessdate=2011-05-08|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606190055/http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2006/oct/25/vayner-faces-public-criticism/|archivedate=6 June 2011|df=dmy-all}} 3. ^1 {{cite news | publisher = The New York Times Dealbook | first = Michael J | last = de la Merced | title = The Resume Mocked 'Round the World | date = 2006-10-19 | url = http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2006/10/19/the-resume-mocked-round-the-world-vayner-speaks/ | accessdate = 2007-07-05 }} 4. ^{{cite web|first=Trent |last=Stamp |title=I'm Not Laughing |date=2006-10-10 |publisher=Trent Stamp's Take |url=http://www.trentstampstake.org/2006/10/im-not-laughing.html |accessdate=2007-07-05 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070711201755/http://www.trentstampstake.org/2006/10/im-not-laughing.html |archivedate=11 July 2007 |deadurl=yes |df=dmy }} 5. ^1 2 {{cite news | publisher = The New Yorker | date = 2006-10-23 | url = http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2006/10/23/061023ta_talk_mcgrath | title = Aleksey the Great | first = Ben | last = McGrath | accessdate = 2007-07-05 }} 6. ^1 {{cite web | url = http://www.yale.edu/rumpus/archives/pdf/rumpus_02may.pdf | dead-url = yes | accessdate = 2007-08-05 | publisher = Rumpus Magazine | date = May 2002 | title = Craaaazy Prefrosh Lies, Is Just Weird }} {{dead link|date=August 2015}} 7. ^{{cite web | url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAV0sxwx9rY | title = Impossible is the Opposite of Possible | first = Michael | last = Cera | publisher = YouTube | date = 2006-12-20 | accessdate = 2007-08-05 }} 8. ^{{cite web |url=http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2008/01/the_return_of_aleksey_vayner.html |title=The Return of Aleksey Vayner |accessdate=2008-01-08|first1=Chris |last1=Rovzar |first2=Jessica |last2=Pressler |date=2008-01-07|publisher=New York Magazine}} 9. ^{{cite web|url=http://alekseyvayner.com/test/ |title=Aleksey Vayner |accessdate=2008-01-04 |author=Aleksey Vayner |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080109005123/http://www.alekseyvayner.com/test/ |archivedate=9 January 2008 |deadurl=yes |df=dmy }} 10. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.cracked.com/article_16486_where-are-they-now-6-stars-embarrassing-viral-videos.html |title=Where Are They Now: 6 "Stars" of Embarrassing Viral Videos |author=Howard Perez }} 11. ^Aleksey Vayner reported dead in New York, IvyGate, 23 January 2013. 12. ^Confirmed: Aleksey Vayner, the Yale Grad With the Infamous Video Resume, Is Dead {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130125201353/http://gawker.com/5978638/aleksey-vayner-the-yale-grad-with-the-infamous-video-resume-reportedly-dead |date=25 January 2013 }}, 2013-01-24. 13. ^Notorious video resume job-seeker Aleksey Vayner, of Queens, died Saturday at Jamaican Hospital after possible drug-induced heart attack. New York Daily News, 25 January 2013. External links
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