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IPhone Super-Hacker Let Go From Apple, Goes To Work For Google

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> Super-hacker

> from the future

> the most tightly restricted consumer operating system in the world

> hacker savant

These things make it hard to take an article like this seriously. Never mind the complete lack of new information. I really dont understand the hyperbole used when talking about young people and technology. Not too long ago the Summly kid was a genius too. I'm hoping one day we can reserve this kind of language for the likes of John Nash and others like him.

For people like john Nash we have adjectives like god/supernatural :)

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> These things make it hard to take an article like this seriously.

Took you that long? I didn't managed to get past "Forbes" in the URL to stop taking the article seriously. I would be astounded if someone could point me to a Forbes article on technology that isn't pure bottom-of-the-barrel, sub-journalistic trash.

Honestly, I don't encounter many Forbes tech articles. But now that you mention it, if I think back some of the worst ones I've seen were indeed Forbes. I'll know to steer clear in the future.

> Within two months, Allegra was given an internship at Apple. But just over a year later, Allegra says he was suddenly let go for failing to respond to an email that would have extended his employment.

To me, this doesn't read like he was "let go" at all from Apple. It seems like they extended him an offer to come back for another internship, which he failed to respond to in a timely fashion. Deadlines like this are given because departments need to determine their itern headcount for a summer so they can extend offers and allocate funds accordingly.

It still reads like Apple didn't want him anymore, because if really was all those things the article said and actually contributed to the organization in a substantial way, they wouldn't have just let him fall through the cracks. It feels like something is being left out.

The guy had an internship at Apple, which ended 7 months a go. Now he has landed another internship at Google and is going to start there shortly. Good for him, but this is not exactly the kind of story Pulitzers are won with. I expect to read this on his Twitter feed, not for Forbes to regurgitate it.

Then your opinion of Forbes is what's out of whack.

Haha, fair enough. I used to read the print magazine though. Maybe it was because I was younger, but I remember it being alright.

A "missed email?" Really? I fail to see how someone so "exceptional" would be let go from a missed email. I get HR deadlines and such, but is this Apple being Apple or was he simply not valuable enough to make an exception?

So, because this article literally says nothing of value, is this guy the one who discovered the exploits, or did he just package them for consumption?

His shirt is off-center.

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