Uber’s Anthony Levandowski out as Advanced Technologies lead amid legal fight

Post by zlatan_is_red » Thu, Apr 27, 2017, 11:45 PM UTC

metaphorm wrote: post #59

sanguy wrote: post #52

Anthony is overrated and a complete psychopath. He doesn't understand it's basic right from wrong. In his mind IP is boundless and his, not Googles. This comes from 5 years of working in fairly close contact. Zero morals. He is what's wrong with Silicon Valley - on equal grounds to Travis from Uber. I can completely see this all being planned for years just like circumventing the iPhone App Store rules. As a Google s…

litigation is a civil complaint not a criminal one. nobody goes to jail for that. you may have some justified reasons for disliking him but you sound unhinged in this comment. get a grip.

Post by kevin_thibedeau » Thu, Apr 27, 2017, 11:51 PM UTC

virtuabhi wrote: post #56

sanguy wrote: post #52

Anthony is overrated and a complete psychopath. He doesn't understand it's basic right from wrong. In his mind IP is boundless and his, not Googles. This comes from 5 years of working in fairly close contact. Zero morals. He is what's wrong with Silicon Valley - on equal grounds to Travis from Uber. I can completely see this all being planned for years just like circumventing the iPhone App Store rules. As a Google s…

But he must be good. $120M+ in compensation.

Post by notatoad » Thu, Apr 27, 2017, 11:55 PM UTC

jacquesm wrote: post #23

sriram_sun wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Consider Google's investment in Uber! "The $258 million is an 86 percent chunk of Google Ventures’ $300 million dollar a year fund, and it’s unclear whether the firm will continue to make such sizable investments." - https://techcrunch.com/2013/08/22/google-ventures-puts-258m-...

Uber could really play that to their advantage: "Your Honor, Google is just trying to soften us up because they don't get their way in the boardroom..." Having two roles in a lawsuit is a very dangerous thing, no matter how much their ex employee is at fault here they could easily make a lot of smoke out of that.

Post by bwilliams18 » Thu, Apr 27, 2017, 11:56 PM UTC

artursapek wrote: post #53

encoderer wrote: post #32

Worth remembering that Google paid this guy over $120 Million in compensation. He is a tech "1%"er, which really is saying a lot. That is hedge fund money. I'm not certain, but I think the average engineer would feel more loyalty to a company that has given them multi-generational wealth. I'm all for engineers getting paid, but in this case the guy didn't even have to do what most wealthy engineers do: deliver an act…

I really don't understand how people get greedy after earning that much money. Is it just the high/excitement the comes from it? Seems like money would no longer be motivating.

Post by jtmcmc » Thu, Apr 27, 2017, 11:59 PM UTC

metaphorm wrote: post #59

sanguy wrote: post #52

Anthony is overrated and a complete psychopath. He doesn't understand it's basic right from wrong. In his mind IP is boundless and his, not Googles. This comes from 5 years of working in fairly close contact. Zero morals. He is what's wrong with Silicon Valley - on equal grounds to Travis from Uber. I can completely see this all being planned for years just like circumventing the iPhone App Store rules. As a Google s…

litigation is a civil complaint not a criminal one. nobody goes to jail for that. you may have some justified reasons for disliking him but you sound unhinged in this comment. get a grip.