New company: What were your previous achievements?
McBride: Well I took a moderately successful Unix company, dropped anything that was worthwhile and instead tried to sue IBM, Novell and others. That went horribly wrong and backfired to the point where they told me I didn't even own what I was trying to get compensation for.
So I tried again and again using far more money than we could afford until the company filed for bankrupcy protection.
At which point they fired me.
So now you can see why I'd make a valuable asset to your company. I could grind that into the ground as well.
-- Somehow I don't see McBride getting any more responsibility beyond asking "Do you want fries with that?"
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Let me see - theoretical job interview:
New company: What were your previous achievements?
McBride: Well I took a moderately successful Unix company, dropped anything that was worthwhile and instead tried to sue IBM, Novell and others. That went horribly wrong and backfired to the point where they told me I didn't even own what I was trying to get compensation for.
So I tried again and again using far more money than we could afford until the company filed for bankrupcy protection.
At which point they fired me.
So now you can see why I'd make a valuable asset to your company. I could grind that into the ground as well.
-- Somehow I don't see McBride getting any more responsibility beyond asking "Do you want fries with that?"