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A lot of very talented and successful people are successful. Michael Jordan, Linus Torvalds, and Albert Einstein come to mind. If Linus Torvalds applied to wor
by freework 14y ago
A lot of very talented and successful people are successful. Michael Jordan, Linus Torvalds, and Albert Einstein come to mind.
If Linus Torvalds applied to work at your company, would you turn him away?
- andrewem 14y agoI know a guy who worked at Transmeta when Linus was there, and afterward he joked that anyone who got Linus hired should get their pay docked instead of a hiring bonus. So maybe.
- lxt 14y agoIf everybody who interviewed a candidate thought they were a raging asshole, then yes, I would turn them away. There are enough really smart people to hire who are not assholes. I cannot speak as to Linus, because a) I haven't met him or interacted with him and b) I don't think it's appropriate to comment on a named individual. As an interesting point, I learned this lesson in who not to hire from Michael Schroepfer, who is now VP of Engineering at Facebook.