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Re:How I targeted the Reddit CEO with Facebook ads to get an... by ronilan on Saturday May 19, 2018 @11:59PM (#17111130)
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

[2] https://twitter.com/bchesky/status/590561521576587265

[3] https://eatwritewalk.com/2015/07/14/the-good-the-bad-and-the...

[4] https://twitter.com/chad_hurley/status/24129459657

[5] https://www.quora.com/Why-would-Feross-Aboukhadijeh-turn-dow...

[6] https://techcrunch.com/2010/09/24/youtube-instant-instant/

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Re:How I targeted the Reddit CEO with Facebook ads to get an... by relyio on Sunday May 20, 2018 @01:31AM (#17111395)
Feross was actually offered (at least) an internship per the link you provided.
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Re:How I targeted the Reddit CEO with Facebook ads to get an... by ronilan on Sunday May 20, 2018 @01:45AM (#17111426)
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...

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Re:How I targeted the Reddit CEO with Facebook ads to get an... by swyx on Sunday May 20, 2018 @01:24AM (#17111376)
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.
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Re:How I targeted the Reddit CEO with Facebook ads to get an... by criddell on Sunday May 20, 2018 @08:44AM (#17112478)
Would Reddit still be considered a startup?
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Re:How I targeted the Reddit CEO with Facebook ads to get an... by InitialLastName on Sunday May 20, 2018 @11:10AM (#17113046)
I'm with you. This is the same Reddit that's owned by the ~44th largest private company in the world?
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