[quanticle]

The person doesn't need to be in a position of power. All someone has to do is tweet something you said a long time ago, out of concept, and then someone else in a position of power finds it. Or it gets signal boosted by other people until it comes to the attention of someone in a position of power.

[jjoonathan]

Like that time a Developer Evangelist overheard two developers exchange dongle jokes and got them fired for it. It doesn't take much.