Quoting Tom MacWright

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Tom MacWright observes that LLM-generated job applications and portfolios make candidates feel anonymous and impersonal, lacking genuine personal expression.

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# A quote from Tom MacWright Source: [https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/24/tom-macwright/](https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/24/tom-macwright/) 24th June 2026 > In the last few months, I've started to see \[job applications\] that were clearly cowritten by an LLM, link to an LLM\-generated portfolio site, which then links to LLM\-generated GitHub projects, with purely LLM\-generated commit messages\. \[\.\.\.\] My other reaction is that*I don't know anything about these people*\. They haven't put themselves out there\. They haven't said anything true\. \[\.\.\.\] The perfected, generated, prompted resume is generic and impersonal\. It tells me nothing about this person, other than that they use particular tools\. —[Tom MacWright](https://macwright.com/2026/06/24/accidental-anonymity.html),Accidental anonymity

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