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I will quote the entirety of Max’s website here:

MAX HOWELL is a legendary open source developer. Creator of Homebrew, used by tens of millions of developer around the world. Founder of tea protocol a decentralized technology protocol that enables open source developers to be rewarded for their software contributions for the benefit of all humanity. He is known for his careful approach to software development that results in delightful products that solve their niches perfectly.

what a fucking metric. I’m a lot closer to being a legendary open source developer than I thought.

also I found his TED talk on AGI while I was looking that up:

Max Howell draws back the curtain on the reality that artificial super intelligence will be here sooner than we think, and shares his approach to thinking about how it might impact our future. Max Howell has a master’s degree in chemistry, but after a year in the profession, abandoned it upon realizing chemistry is “super boring”. He began exploring open source coding. After working at Last.fm, then TweetDeck, Howell created Homebrew, an open source software manager that is today used by about 50 million people. He also authored a tweet about the interview process in the software industry that has been viewed more than 3 million times. Last year, he and his wife started a mobile app development company in Savannah.

Or possibly the interviewers simply liked the other candidate better. Maybe the other candidates blew them away, maybe there was a hiring freeze during the search, maybe it was vibes. If someone’s from an underrepresented group in the profession and you have a consistent pattern of rejection at a certain stage, you can maybe draw some conclusions, but “I’m deserving so I’ll get the job” isn’t how hiring works.

That being said the guy is clearly a massive cock & I’m sure that came through.