“Facebook turned me down” (2009)
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“Facebook turned me down” (2009)
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Re: “Facebook turned me down” (2009)
#2Just goes to show, on paper, founders aren't always the most appealing employees.
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#3Twitter passed on him also.
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#4"We only hire the best engineers"
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#5"We only hire the best engineers"
He only had a BSCS from Stanford and had been a VP of Engineering at Yahoo leading over 300 engineers. Facebook turned him away, and as someone else mentioned here, Twitter.
It kind of puts in perspective that blog post from yesterday that claimed companies in Silicon Valley can't find rock star ninja engineers ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7259845 ).
Re: “Facebook turned me down” (2009)
#6Just goes to show, on paper, founders aren't always the most appealing employees.
Seems like he was pretty qualified on paper. Stanford grad and former VP of Engineering at Yahoo. With that in mind, maybe he just had a bad set of interviews. I think this would be more meaningful if we knew the position he was going for.
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#7Just goes to show, on paper, founders aren't always the most appealing employees.
That's because successful founders are just lucky. That's it. Not qualitatively different from any of us. You'd have no better luck picking lottery winners by the looks of the guys entering the gas station.
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#8Turns out false negatives can be pretty costly too, it seems.
Re: “Facebook turned me down” (2009)
#9Just goes to show, on paper, founders aren't always the most appealing employees.
I think in many cases great founders would make terrible employees. Imagine trying to tell Steve Jobs what to do.
Re: “Facebook turned me down” (2009)
#10Looks like he won't have to worry about working for a living anymore...