There's also the infamous Brew developer and Google's interview for a counterexample. But that's more of a devil's advocate thing. I think your point still sta

There's also the infamous Brew developer and Google's interview for a counterexample. But that's more of a devil's advocate thing. I think your point still stands, but instead of Linus I'd use the more relevant Mike Perham and his Sidekiq tool: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12925449 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12925449