It seems Weston Fillman, the Google recruiter, has thoroughly read the rules and still won’t give up:

He writes to Quartz: “I sent [the email] to Paul in a creative effort to get in touch and play off his apparent sense of humor which was found on his LinkedIn profile. It took him almost a year to respond, but I’m glad he did.”

This story was updated with comment from Weston Fillman and to reflect that Paul Fenwick still identifies with “dressing as NyanCat” on LinkedIn.

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