But you’re one of the highest performing people here but I can’t promote you right now because I have a quota. My hands are tied. You’ll get the next slot. Please be patient. I’m really sorry.”
The quota the manager was referring to was very likely that.
I don't use X so maybe it's buried somewhere else.
Even the tweet you mentioned wasn't directly discoverable from the submission.
But it looks like he already tweeted months ago that this had happened.
What's actually new info now?
I guess this HN submission was just a teaser as well then. Maybe another one will reveal something actually interesting.