[joelkevinjones]

Many years ago, I was in a group at Apple that interviewed Massalin. It was decided not to hire, as, while brilliant, there would be a net drop in productivity, as we would all spend too much time discussing the latest oddity. As one might expect, there was a stuffed koala toy on the table during Massalin's job talk. Brilliant work on the super-optimizer.

[aeontech]

That seems like a really sad reason for no-hire.

It’s hard not to think that the diversity of thought and personality would have been a net positive.

Though I suppose it all depends on the other team personalities as well.