It's April 2022 in Silicon Roundabout, London's East End Tech District.

Inside the offices of a cryptocurrency startup called Aztec Network, John Wu is flicking

through a few job applications.

Aztec Network is hiring aggressively, especially for great engineering talent as we build out

our network.

John's about to interview a job applicant on a video call, so he steps into a private

booth so that he won't disturb his colleagues.

The candidate's name is Bobby Sierra, and along with his resume, Bobby has submitted a

cover letter.

And this cover letter was generally unexceptional, but it had a very unique sign off.

And the sign off was, the world will see a great result from my hands, which I thought was

just very bond villain-esque.

It was really almost comical in how villainous it sounded.

You could imagine that being followed up with like a cackle or something.

John's thinking, bit weird, but okay, let's meet the guy.

And I initiated the call, and kind of the first red flag was he didn't turn his camera

on.

It was also just really hard to hear, Bobby.

He was calling from somewhere incredibly noisy, which, you know, again, is highly unprofessional.

And what I noticed was it sounded not like he was at a cafe, but like he was in a call

center.

Like there were three or four other people in there also making calls or doing interviews.

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