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Elon musk did

• whitepoplar 8y ago
  Did Elon get rejected or did he just say "Fuck it, I don't want a job"?
  • jamestimmins 8y ago
    I believe he couldn't get a job at Netscape, as he didn't have a formal CS background. Unclear if he applied for other jobs or just this one.
    • dboreham 8y ago
      Not to contradict Elon, but: I worked at Netscape and did not have a "formal CS background" nor did I ever ask interview candidates about their formal background. recall we hired a guy who's previous job was mixing a Nine inch Nails album. Fantastic coder.. In my experience the whole "must have formal background" began with Google, some years later.
      • lgregg 8y ago
        Do you recall which album?
      • twilightcircus 8y ago
        Do you remember if it was Steve Duda, the guy who owns XFER Records? He was an engineer for NIN in the late 90's.
  • 52-6F-62 8y ago
    Yeah he got rejected by Netscape. Also not sure if it was an 'all-eggs-in-one-basket' situation, or if it was the only place he wanted to work at the time. Then the X.com story