[HN Gopher] Guy Goma
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       Guy Goma
        
       Author : widforss
       Score  : 109 points
       Date   : 2022-10-19 08:26 UTC (3 days ago)
        
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       | andersource wrote:
       | The interview:
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       | https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=e6Y2uQn_wvc
        
         | bad416f1f5a2 wrote:
         | He really did a rather remarkable job for someone who had all
         | of 10 seconds to realize that he was being interviewed on live
         | television. I suspect a lot of people wouldn't have managed to
         | stay as cool as he did. I know I wouldn't.
        
           | gumby wrote:
           | I love how you can see on his face that he starts to protest,
           | then probably figures he'll embarrass people and so tries his
           | best.
        
           | hdlothia wrote:
           | In his second or third language no less.
        
           | agumonkey wrote:
           | He should try pentest, he has a natural talent for going with
           | the flow.
        
           | kstrauser wrote:
           | That's so hard to watch because I can only imagine being in
           | his seat. It's literally the stuff of nightmares, right up
           | with "I have to ace this final exam in a class I forgot I
           | had". If I ever find myself in that situation, I hope I can
           | get through it with half the grace and aplomb that Goma
           | managed.
        
       | djhworld wrote:
       | I remember this happening and it going viral, very amusing at the
       | time, and reading about the comedy of errors that led up to it is
       | even better.
       | 
       | I'd imagine processes at broadcasters got a lot more stringent
       | after this (i.e. verifying full name and probably photo as well)
        
       | peteri wrote:
       | I heard about the story from the Guy Kewney side of this.
       | Apparently the BBC had two areas for visitors and the assistant
       | went to the wrong one and asked for "Guy".
       | 
       | Sadly Guy passed a few years ago his blog
       | https://hunkymouse.livejournal.com/ goes through his fight
       | against cancer.
       | 
       | He was one of those folks who I'd bump into occasionally at
       | London tech events and I still miss him.
        
       | whatgoodisaroad wrote:
       | Having read this, I now realize a bit in the Abicada-bra episode
       | of the IT Crowd was a parody of this incident.
        
       | lxgr wrote:
       | An interview challenge turns out to be the actual job, just
       | without compensation? I guess the media and software industries
       | are not so different after all :)
        
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