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What's more: he concludes with "P.S. I am out again looking for new opportunities". So besides being excellent at putting his work in front of his target audien

by prokes 8y ago

What's more: he concludes with "P.S. I am out again looking for new opportunities". So besides being excellent at putting his work in front of his target audience, he may go 2 for 2 on the job front.

ronilan 8y ago
Chris got Steve's attention but never worked at reddit[1], Nina got Brian's attention[2] but never worked at Airbnb[3] and Feross got Chad's attention[4] but never worked at YouTube[5] even though TechCrunch jumped to report he accepted the job[6]. None of them was actually ever offered one. Make what you want of it. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17110763 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17110763 [2] https://twitter.com/bchesky/status/590561521576587265 https://twitter.com/bchesky/status/590561521576587265 [3] https://eatwritewalk.com/2015/07/14/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/ https://eatwritewalk.com/2015/07/14/the-good-the-bad-and-the... [4] https://twitter.com/chad_hurley/status/24129459657 https://twitter.com/chad_hurley/status/24129459657 [5] https://www.quora.com/Why-would-Feross-Aboukhadijeh-turn-down-a-job-offer-from-YouTube-just-to-complete-his-degree-Arent-degrees-just-for-gaining-more-knowledge-Accepting-the-YouTube-offer-would-be-as-educational-if-not-more https://www.quora.com/Why-would-Feross-Aboukhadijeh-turn-dow... [6] https://techcrunch.com/2010/09/24/youtube-instant-instant/ https://techcrunch.com/2010/09/24/youtube-instant-instant/
- swyx 8y ago
  not sure what to make of it to be honest. they showed resourcefulness, which is good. but there's more to being a good employee at that. esp at a startup beyond a certain scale.
  - criddell 8y ago
    Would Reddit still be considered a startup?
    - InitialLastName 8y ago
      I'm with you. This is the same Reddit that's owned by the ~44th largest private company in the world?
- relyio 8y ago
  Feross was actually offered (at least) an internship per the link you provided.
  - ronilan 8y ago
    I meant an offer, not an “offer”. I don’t think there was one. I might be wrong tough and Feross is around here. If he’d want to clarify I’m sure he can. So can Chad, btw. But it’s been almost 8 years, so...

by prokes 8y ago

What's more: he concludes with "P.S. I am out again looking for new opportunities". So besides being excellent at putting his work in front of his target audience, he may go 2 for 2 on the job front.

ronilan 8y ago

Chris got Steve's attention but never worked at reddit[1], Nina got Brian's attention[2] but never worked at Airbnb[3] and Feross got Chad's attention[4] but never worked at YouTube[5] even though TechCrunch jumped to report he accepted the job[6]. None of them was actually ever offered one. Make what you want of it. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17110763 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17110763 [2] https://twitter.com/bchesky/status/590561521576587265 https://twitter.com/bchesky/status/590561521576587265 [3] https://eatwritewalk.com/2015/07/14/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/ https://eatwritewalk.com/2015/07/14/the-good-the-bad-and-the... [4] https://twitter.com/chad_hurley/status/24129459657 https://twitter.com/chad_hurley/status/24129459657 [5] https://www.quora.com/Why-would-Feross-Aboukhadijeh-turn-down-a-job-offer-from-YouTube-just-to-complete-his-degree-Arent-degrees-just-for-gaining-more-knowledge-Accepting-the-YouTube-offer-would-be-as-educational-if-not-more https://www.quora.com/Why-would-Feross-Aboukhadijeh-turn-dow... [6] https://techcrunch.com/2010/09/24/youtube-instant-instant/ https://techcrunch.com/2010/09/24/youtube-instant-instant/

swyx 8y ago
not sure what to make of it to be honest. they showed resourcefulness, which is good. but there's more to being a good employee at that. esp at a startup beyond a certain scale.
- criddell 8y ago
  Would Reddit still be considered a startup?
  - InitialLastName 8y ago
    I'm with you. This is the same Reddit that's owned by the ~44th largest private company in the world?
relyio 8y ago
Feross was actually offered (at least) an internship per the link you provided.
- ronilan 8y ago
  I meant an offer, not an “offer”. I don’t think there was one. I might be wrong tough and Feross is around here. If he’d want to clarify I’m sure he can. So can Chad, btw. But it’s been almost 8 years, so...