[spiritplumber]

True story: I sort-of-interviewed at Google. The interview ended because the interviewer, after having been told that I had already completed the project they were trying to recruit for, became agitated and told me that I was just a hobbyist and my product did not exist -- this while he was being shown it in motion. I put a spare PCB for my product in his hand and asked him if it didn't exist, why was it making him bleed. Then I closed his hand hard around the PCB and told him to keep it, it's under GPL, and go ahead and crib from the design.

People who reject physical reality should receive a bit of negative conditioning about doing so...

[rmrfrmrf]

I'm sure they're upset that they didn't hire you.

[spiritplumber]

That particular guy eventually was, enough to want to make amends. I believe that there is more luster in having "scooped Google" than "worked at Google" on a resume, though.