He was hired at the same conference at which he showcased Redux for the first time (as a byproduct of the content of his actual talk, which was time-travel debu

He was hired at the same conference at which he showcased Redux for the first time (as a byproduct of the content of his actual talk, which was time-travel debugging), so it's unlikely it directly gave him the cred necessary to get hired, since he was already in the hiring pipeline.