Quoting Tom MacWright
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Developer Tom MacWright has noticed a trend in job applications: candidates using large language models to generate their entire hiring package—resumes, portfolio sites, GitHub projects, and commit messages. According to MacWright, the result is polished but generically impersonal. Candidates who outsource everything haven't shown anything authentic, and hiring managers learn only that they know how to use an LLM, not who the person actually is.
Source: https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/24/tom-macwright/#atom...
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