His Failed Startup KickBeta Is What Got Him Hired at Apple
jdluk87 · x · 2026-11-12
Developer jdluk87 shares that his dead startup KickBeta, a crowdtesting platform for mobile apps, is exactly what got him hired: his Apple director loved hearing about it, and he was brought into an Apple testing team. The failed venture itself became the hiring hook.
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