[SilverBirch]

Seems to be following firmly in the footsteps of Elon - starts working at twitter, makes big claims (I'm going to fix twitter search), immediately shows he's out of his depth (Asks for other people to fix twitter search and send him the code MIT licensed) and then gets angry at everyone else when they laugh at this absurd turn of events, gets so angry he then starts bad mouthing the last decade of innovation in the tech industry, fully in the knowledge that time period covers the entire time period his own company operated. It's like our own mini-Elon.

[elsurudo]

I mean, I know he's a bit of an odd character and a showman, but do you actually think he's that "out of his depth" that he's desperately trying to crib other people's code? He's accomplished some pretty impressive things in a pretty short career – for now I would take him at face value re: asking for code as a clever recruiting strategy.

[jsnell]

It clearly isn't a recruiting strategy. He is not a decision maker in hiring, claims to know nothing about it, beyond being able to make referrals:

https://twitter.com/realGeorgeHotz/status/159529448151060480...

[elsurudo]

He personally knows Elon and they've had dealings in the past. I bet if he recommends someone and that person is needed, that person will be hired.

[moistly]

For example, Dr. Oz was a brilliant heart specialist, but he knows literally nothing about weight loss. One should not take him at face value.

[nojito]

> He's accomplished some pretty impressive things in a pretty short career

Such as?

[mcv]

Jailbroke iPhones and some other systems.

I've got to admit I have no idea how his experience is relevant to Twitter. But apparently he's working for free. (Well, cost of living in San Francisco, which is not nothing, but it's not gaining him financially.) I'm not surprised Elon is happy to hire someone of Hotz's fame and skill as an intern.

[hatf0]

Not working for free - he's getting paid around the same as what old Twitter interns were paid (2k/week, ~8k/mo?) [1]

[1]: https://twitter.com/realGeorgeHotz/status/159527394029302988...

[elsurudo]

You can read about it on his Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Hotz