How a Teenager Landed a 'Dream Job' at Facebook

High school graduate Michael Sayman, who just turned 18, transformed an internship at Facebook into a full-time engineer gig earlier this week, reported Bloomberg News. It seems that in Facebook’s endless hunt for talent—its employee count increased by 37 percent in 2013, to 6,337—neither higher education nor age are must-haves.

Facebook, founded by renowned college dropout Mark Zuckerberg, has said that it doesn’t necessarily hunt for hires who graduate from top schools, instead wanting employees who are proactive, according to a First Round Review article about how it finds designers. Recruiters search for candidates based on apps, websites, or products that impress them.