A memorable moment when interviewing at the local Fed office

This anecdote is sort-of on topic for the current discussion:

As I am "the inventor of the online payment button" and still hold the "
tipjar.com" domain, which has essentially been dormant ever since PayPal
got big, when I interviewed at the Kansas City Federal Reserve for a
technical support position I was asked if I thought
my "tipjar" project represented a conflict of interest.

As the direction I want Tipjar.com to go in is as a "superprovider" for
virtual currency management (very simliar to picomoney), "Not unless the
fed is planning on diversifying their offering" was my response.

Received on Tuesday, 10 December 2013 02:13:34 UTC