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I think the consensus is hiring guys like Ken Thompson, Rob Pike and Peter Norvig is more a prestige thing than a business thing. They do some work that's useful to Google, but mostly they just do what they please and Google gets to brag about having them. moot isn't anywhere near those guys' league by any standard, but I could see them hiring him just because he's the 4chan guy. It's not like payroll is a big problem for them.
coffeesp00ns · 3187 days ago · link ·
You're probably right, I'm likely making more of this than there is.