SpaceX says it has agreement to acquire Cursor for $60B

Re:SpaceX says it has agreement to acquire Cursor for $60B by kristopolous on Tuesday April 21, 2026 @07:43PM (#47856433)

Wish I played that interview game better. I saw the success coming from a mile away (2022) but I can't vibe with people in the hire game right. It's like eye contact, smiling, facial expressions, stuff like that.

I guess there's a bunch of tools to not suck at this. Anyone had success here? The AI tools say I'm great because they can't pick up the kind of problems I'm talking about.

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Re:SpaceX says it has agreement to acquire Cursor for $60B by taurath on Tuesday April 21, 2026 @07:50PM (#47856504)

Pretend to and/or be motivated by things other than money, that’s the strongest thing interviewers drop people from, even though they’re motivated by money to be there.

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Re:SpaceX says it has agreement to acquire Cursor for $60B by kristopolous on Tuesday April 21, 2026 @08:07PM (#47856679)

Interesting. I genuinely do not care about money.

The motivation of money is literally zero to me. Maybe that's a problem as well: they want people who Are motivated by money acting like they aren't?

I wanted in because I saw them doing exciting impactful things That's literally it.

I dunno. I've been struggling with this for decades

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Re:SpaceX says it has agreement to acquire Cursor for $60B by airstrike on Tuesday April 21, 2026 @08:33PM (#47856991)

Just act hard for the duration of the interview season.

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Re:SpaceX says it has agreement to acquire Cursor for $60B by kristopolous on Wednesday April 22, 2026 @04:27PM (#47868868)

That's the key really. It's all kayfabe. I saw Kilo as a win too from the product announcement.

I told myself about ten years ago that I need to move when I see things I get that intuition on. But I haven't figured out how to get in the door yet.

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Re:SpaceX says it has agreement to acquire Cursor for $60B by nubg on Wednesday April 22, 2026 @12:13AM (#47858913)

What exactly did you predict in 2022?

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Re:SpaceX says it has agreement to acquire Cursor for $60B by kristopolous on Wednesday April 22, 2026 @02:51PM (#47867683)

I can call the winners but then I go with the losers

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