Co-founder of messaging service WhatsApp, Brian Acton was looking for a job five years ago when his 11-year-old job with Yahoo came to an end.
After filling many engineering roles at Yahoo he went back to network with recruiters.
https://twitter.com/brianacton/statuses/1861771542
Acon met with Twitter but was denied:
Got denied by Twitter HQ. That's ok. Would have been a long commute.
— Brian Acton (@brianacton) May 23, 2009
He went to Facebook but was turned down:
Facebook turned me down. It was a great opportunity to connect with some fantastic people. Looking forward to life's next adventure.
— Brian Acton (@brianacton) August 3, 2009
Acton teamed up with a colleague, Jan Koum, at Yahoo to build WhatsApp in 2009.
Today Facebook has bought WhatsApp for $19 billion.
Never give up.
