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510 points xeonmc | 1 comments | 25 Jun 25 19:53 UTC | HN request time: 0.509s | source
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bearjaws ◴[25 Jun 25 21:04 UTC] No.44381824[source]▶
This is one of those stories that I am sure has happened, but when it comes to "and then they never asked him again le XD face" it's clearly just made up.
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1. Scuds ◴[25 Jun 25 21:20 UTC] No.44381936[source]▶
management could have decided on a process change. Simple as that.

I get the sentiment though, "He blew management's mind so much they made an exception for him".

But, Folklore.org is a bit less onanistic than ESR's jargon file.