Twitter has been a sinking ship since billionaire Elon Musk took over in October 2022 (although you could probably say it’s been that way for a while). The CEO of SpaceX and Tesla has thrown everything against the wall to see what sticks, including notorious iPhone jailbreaker and PlayStation 3 hacker George Hotz repair parts the bird app. However, Hotz, who started as an intern for 12 weeks, left the company after only a month on the job.
Hotz was hired in November 2022 to iron out some issues he had with the social media company, such as: the unlockable login popup and the imprecise search function. He never planned to stay with Twitter long-term but noted that he “would bet [his] money where [his] mouth is” and complete a 12-week internship at Twitter in exchange for “living expenses in San Francisco,” where the company is headquartered. Unfortunately, Hotz didn’t even last a full month since Just days before he hit that mark, he took to Twitter to announce that he was quitting, effective immediately.
“Resigned from Twitter today,” Hotz tweeted on Dec. 20. “[I] appreciate the opportunity, but I didn’t think I could really make a difference [at the social media company]. Also, it was sad to see my GitHub wither. Back to programming!”
It’s funny. Around the same time Musk tweeted a poll asked his followers if he should step down as head of Twitter (which he confirmed will happen “as soon [he] find someone stupid enough to take the job”), Hotz conducted a similar poll to his followers. Hotz asked if he should step down as a Twitter intern, noting that he would “adhere to the results,” which were mostly “no,” with 63.6 percent of respondents saying yes. But here’s Hotz, leaving the social media company just as quickly as he joined. He explained this to some Twitter users the reason he quit
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At the end is Hotz still root for Musk’s Twitter. He said The scolded CEO has done “phenomenal work” at the social media company so far, but seems more willing to get back to work on his vehicle automation machine learning startup, Comma AI.