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Re:Rockstar pays $10k to modder who fixed GTA Online loading... by csunbird on Tuesday March 16, 2021 @03:10PM (#26481427)
Reminds me of Max Howell, creator of homebrew, when he applied to Google.

His tweet:

Google: 90% of our engineers use the software you wrote (Homebrew), but you can’t invert a binary tree on a whiteboard so fuck off.

https://twitter.com/mxcl/status/608682016205344768?lang=en

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Re:Rockstar pays $10k to modder who fixed GTA Online loading... by camjohnson26 on Tuesday March 16, 2021 @03:19PM (#26481543)
He later walked that Tweet back and said he shouldn’t have sent it. Seems like he has a very strong skill set in building projects, but Google needs more focused skill sets for lower level developers, so just wasn’t a good fit. https://www.quora.com/Whats-the-logic-behind-Google-rejectin...
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Re:Rockstar pays $10k to modder who fixed GTA Online loading... by sva_ on Tuesday March 16, 2021 @03:28PM (#26481663)
The example of the OP also reminded me of Max Howell, but the only other similar story was the one of the guy who was prompted to implement fizzbuzz, and attempted to do so in Tensorflow[0]. In the latter case, I can totally understand that he might've been turned down with such a cocky (though funny) attitude, if the anecdote is true.

Are there other notable cases of people who got turned down in spite of - or because of - their extensive knowledge in a case like this?

[0] https://joelgrus.com/2016/05/23/fizz-buzz-in-tensorflow/

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