Haraldur Thorleifsson's Personal Site

Post by mbesto » Tue, Mar 07, 2023, 6:40 PM UTC

starik36 wrote: post #86

darth_avocado wrote: post #30

Anyone surprised at this and changing their opinion about Elon now because of Halli, should know that this is how every single employee has been treated at Twitter since the acquisition. Doesn’t matter what your political beliefs are. Doesn’t matter if you’re resentful at employees at Twitter for apparent coasting at high salaries. Worker mistreatment at Twitter is some of the worst in the modern workplace.

You mean people being let go? There have been layoffs in ton of SV companies, complete with fake "I take full responsibility". I am not sure what to do, other than let go people, if the company is hemorrhaging money with not much to show for it.

Post by mbesto » Tue, Mar 07, 2023, 6:41 PM UTC

PragmaticPulp wrote: post #18

asimpletune wrote: post #4

Beautiful website. I also think this is the same guy who had to ask Musk if he was fired because HR couldn't confirm it. Maybe it was a mistake to let him ago, he seems to be pretty talented actually.

It’s one thing to decide that someone’s role is no longer necessary at a company. It’s business, things change, no role is guaranteed to exist forever. But firing someone without communication and with HR unable to confirm it is just low. Mocking them on Twitter for their well-documented physical disability is just abhorrent. This could have been a completely different exchange if the response was a simple “Sorry for…

Post by veddox » Tue, Mar 07, 2023, 6:41 PM UTC

nonethewiser wrote: post #101

danso wrote: post #81

To build a world-renowned web design firm based in Iceland (population 370k, barely bigger than Cincinnati, Ohio) is pretty astounding. Looking at the beautiful "coming soon" homepage [0] he presumably built for his restaurant (which is named after his mom [1]), I can see why he was well-respected in the field [0] https://annajona.is/ [1] https://twitter.com/iamharaldur/status/1633109753890058242

> Looking at the beautiful "coming soon" homepage [0] he presumably built for his restaurant (which is named after his mom [1]), I can see why he was well-respected in the field Its literally just a pink background for me. Not sure if I'm missing something or if that's the joke. I'm not familiar with him and assume he's a great designer. I dont understand the reference here though.

Post by MonkeyMalarky » Tue, Mar 07, 2023, 6:42 PM UTC

silvestrov wrote: post #88

mediaman wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's true of any large company. There are many people not doing anything. Simply because of the number of employees, and the manner in which large companies tend to stop focusing on outcomes. That doesn't mean most were not doing anything, but "most" is not the word used in the comment to which yours replies.

aka Price’s Law: Why Only A Few People Generate Half Of The Results https://medium.com/darius-foroux/prices-law-why-only-a-few-p...

Post by kentm » Tue, Mar 07, 2023, 6:42 PM UTC

eric4smith wrote: post #61

Yeah it’s sucks how he was let go. But he will get paid. But for the first time I’m using Twitter more than HN , which has jumped the shark. Elon’s accomplishments? - helped start openai - runs the biggest rocket company that makes a new raptor engine every day. - runs one of the biggest car companies. - just eliminated rare earth metals for new generation of motors. - runs Twitter which is undeniably more active and…