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Generally asking. How does something like this get top three spot on HN? Submitted 30 mins ago and first comment 4 mins ago by a user whose only submission is this. Just curious on the mechanics.
I'm in Michigan and I've watched the auto industry close up for a long time. I've got friends at the Big 3. GM decided it was better to put an adult in charge of Cruise. Someone they trusted and they thought had a clue on tech. Turns out it didn't work well. GM learned the hard way the founder was the best CEO of Cruise. There's a lot they do not understand about how startups and Silicon Valley work.
There was also reporting that Kyle was offered this role immediately after Dan was fired but turned it down, opting to remain interim CEO while they searched for a replacement. Looks like something has changed, or they couldn't find a suitable replacement.
Can someone provide more background? Did he leave the CEO position before? Who was CEO in the interim?
Kyle Vogt, who co-founded autonomous driving company Cruise in 2013, has been named CEO. He has served as as interim CEO since December 2021 when Dan Ammann, who had been CEO since 2018, abruptly left Cruise. — https://www.therobotreport.com/cruise-co-founder-vogt-ceo-au...
There’s more to it. The prior CEO wanted an IPO for Cruise but the GM CEO did not. So, you know how it turned out
Edit -> changed gm to GM (General Motors, parent co. of Cruise)
Edit 2 -> grammar correction
Generally asking. How does something like this get top three spot on HN? Submitted 30 mins ago and first comment 4 mins ago by a user whose only submission is this. Just curious on the mechanics.
https://felx.me/2021/08/29/improving-the-hacker-news-ranking...
https://medium.com/hacking-and-gonzo/how-hacker-news-ranking...
Generally asking. How does something like this get top three spot on HN? Submitted 30 mins ago and first comment 4 mins ago by a user whose only submission is this. Just curious on the mechanics.
Generally asking. How does something like this get top three spot on HN? Submitted 30 mins ago and first comment 4 mins ago by a user whose only submission is this. Just curious on the mechanics.
The HN ranking algorithm seems to put a lot of weight into both velocity and flags.
A few factors that may have caught people's attention to upvote: it's about an HN company, the author is an HN regular, everything you need to know is in the title, it's written in first-person, and it's a bit unusual for someone to return as CEO.
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Kyle Vogt, who co-founded autonomous driving company Cruise in 2013, has been named CEO. He has served as as interim CEO since December 2021 when Dan Ammann, who had been CEO since 2018, abruptly left Cruise. — https://www.therobotreport.com/cruise-co-founder-vogt-ceo-au...
> abruptly left Cruise There’s more to it. The prior CEO wanted an IPO for Cruise but the GM CEO did not. So, you know how it turned out Edit -> changed gm to GM (General Motors, parent co. of Cruise) Edit 2 -> grammar correction
Generally asking. How does something like this get top three spot on HN? Submitted 30 mins ago and first comment 4 mins ago by a user whose only submission is this. Just curious on the mechanics.
Lots of people upvoting in the new section. I think that ycombinator sometimes forces up their own links, but that tends to be more obviously related to them like hiring staff to various startups.
Those are inline ads, impossible to vote or comment on.
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> abruptly left Cruise There’s more to it. The prior CEO wanted an IPO for Cruise but the GM CEO did not. So, you know how it turned out Edit -> changed gm to GM (General Motors, parent co. of Cruise) Edit 2 -> grammar correction
What's a "gm CEO" ?
Earlier quoted context omitted.
> abruptly left Cruise There’s more to it. The prior CEO wanted an IPO for Cruise but the GM CEO did not. So, you know how it turned out Edit -> changed gm to GM (General Motors, parent co. of Cruise) Edit 2 -> grammar correction
What's a "gm CEO" ?