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by midasuni 1104 days ago
So the only requirement to work at iD back in the day was to be called John?
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That’s what my buddy said, yeah. Good old John Manyjohns.
For those who haven’t seen Buckaroo Banzai—all the people working at Yoyodyne Propulsion are named John. It’s a plot point.
Or Carmack.
It seems like Amazon has the same idea when promoting people named Andy or Jeff to executive roles.