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February 20, 2014 07:49 am GMT

How Things Change

Four years ago, Brian Acton was looking for a job. His job at Yahoo, where he’d filled many engineering roles over 11 years, had come to an end. He was networking with recruiters: networking with recruiters, venture capitalists, playing ultimate frisbee— Brian Acton (@brianacton) May 20, 2009 He met with Twitter. Twitter said no: Got denied by Twitter HQ. That's ok. Would have been a long commute.— Brian Acton (@brianacton) May 23, 2009 He met with Facebook. Facebook said no: Facebook turned me down. It was a great opportunity to connect with some fantastic people. Looking forward to life's next adventure.— Brian Acton (@brianacton) August 03, 2009 So he and Jan Koum, a colleague from Yahoo, set out to do their own thing. Today, they sold that thing to Facebook for 19 billion dollars. Life is crazy.

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