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Re:Guido van Rossum joins Microsoft by TuringNYC on Thursday November 12, 2020 @01:40PM (#25073158)
I think the best experiment would have been to have him apply blind where the interviewers did not know he was Guido -- and see how he fared on the technical interviews.
Re:Guido van Rossum joins Microsoft by webmaven on Thursday November 12, 2020 @03:58PM (#25074930)
> I think the best experiment would have been to have him apply blind where the interviewers did not know he was Guido -- and see how he fared on the technical interviews.

That would be amusing, but he'd have to be disguised, as he's rather recognizable, having done a lot of 'State of the Python' talks and the like.

He doesn't look as much like Rick Moranis as he used to, though, so that helps: https://gvanrossum.github.io/images/[email protected]