Dev recalls dodging a Theranos recruiter hunting an iOS engineer
dreamwieber · x · 2026-10-19
A developer reflects on a bullet dodged: Theranos once recruited him for an iOS engineer role. Despite the startup's impressive board, he passed — and the company later collapsed in fraud. A career-decision anecdote from the pre-collapse Theranos hiring days.
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