[napperjabber]

I have to say, after inheriting a code base from Max(@mxcl), its sad that anyone would reject him. Hes pretty much the guy that gave me the first sane introduction to cacoa programming. - That being said, I was rejected from a company because I hadn't used binutil in python. - I find I can pass any interview with a confident low voice more consistently than by showing my technical expertise. - People are interested in how well you assimilate into the culture of the workplace. Sometimes, that workplace culture needs to evoluve to include a more eclectic dev-background, or they risk alienating talented people. Alas, sometimes that evolution is not nessicary or its just to early for the company. - I've seen this happen to good devs and I've been on the receiving end of it. - Hiring isn't fun; you have to find someone who understands who you are. Inheriting trust is a lot faster then building trust and I find most companies don't have the time (sometimes ability ) to build that trust.

[eric-hu]

Can you speak more to what about his code base makes you say this? I very rarely hear people speak positively about former stewards of a codebase, so this sounds like a great learning opportunity for the rest of us.

[neverminder]

I agree. I was rejected not too long ago by a startup with a reason that they thought I belonged in a more corporate environment (I never indicated so). In my experience if a company really needs someone they are much more receptive, otherwise they just come up with a BS like that and worse.

[jacquesm]

> they thought I belonged in a more corporate environment

That's their way of saying they either can't afford you or you are too smart to be worked to death for 0.0001% stock.

[pc86]

That's a pretty generous grant, not everyone can be Employee #2.

[myth_buster]

Or a technical co-founder.