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Congrats! Awesome story and very encouraging. As an employee who was hired based on a "list of credentials" I know how intimidating it can be to apply for jobs. I've heard quite a few of these cases where a company has diverged from the traditional hiring process and has had success and I think it's awesome. The current traditional process is definitely broken and needs change. Enjoy your new job!
Let's see how long it takes for a "Skynet" comment/reference :)
It's very comforting to see how the MOOC space is growing and garnering a lot of attention. I've always been one to prefer to learn on my own and do research so it's great to see a lot of these tools popping up. I wish I had these in college!
It's sad that someone would actually have the nerve to present such an idea. Coming forth and apologizing is a step, but they have to do much more than that to repair their image. I just hope this incident doesn't come back to haunt them in the future (which I fear it might) when they are pitching legitimate ideas to potential investors/co-founders/etc.