Almost four years ago, Brian Acton, the co-founder of #WhatsApp 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:

He attended interview at Twitter. Twitter rejected his application:

Two months later he was rejected by facebook:

So he and Jan Koum, a colleague from Yahoo, set out to do their own thing, now known as  #WhatsApp. His last tweet (13 Jan 2012) from his twitter account was –

Today, they sold WhatsApp to Facebook for 19 billion dollars.

Isn’t Life crazy?

https://i0.wp.com/www.testingcircus.com/wp-content/uploads/Whatsapp-FB.png?fit=587%2C274&ssl=1https://i0.wp.com/www.testingcircus.com/wp-content/uploads/Whatsapp-FB.png?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1Testing CircusArticlesLife is CrazyAlmost four years ago, Brian Acton, the co-founder of #WhatsApp 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...
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