I think JK Rowling's Harry Potter books were rejected by 10 publishers, so fuck other people's judgement.
In what way would he be OK? Tons of developers launch software projects, but most don't go anywhere...
>The consensus seems to be that interviews are bad at identifying capable people.
Perhaps, but self-selection is even worse...
>I think JK Rowling's Harry Potter books were rejected by 10 publishers, so fuck other people's judgement.
Well, the books of some authors were rejected by ALL publishers though, and the books of other authors were accepted by sold nothing, so there's that too...