Mark Zuckerberg: The evolution of a remarkable CEO

Post by sriramk » Fri, Oct 02, 2009, 10:32 PM UTC

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I agree. But that was really dismissive. The only other billionaire I have met, was a lot nicer in public, even to people that he didn't know. But he also is alot older though.

Mark has a reputation for superb arrogance. Have you read the leaked emails he sent to the ConnectU people? They basically read, "It doesn't matter what you wanted, I have a better idea than you, and I won't waste my time trying to make you feel good about yourself." I actually recently interviewed a bestselling author in the middle of promoting his new movie, and he acted the same way. Perhaps I'm in the minority of…

Post by borism » Fri, Oct 02, 2009, 11:08 PM UTC

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oh please, it's facebook, not Google, their "cool" projects involve translating the site into pirate and latin languages. + with ~1000 employees, chances are you as a programmer are most likely doing mundane crap. The "extremely smart and focused" people don't take well to having to do bullshit projects.

I can imagine infrastructure alone would be a lifetime of awesome projects at FB.

Post by unalone » Fri, Oct 02, 2009, 11:34 PM UTC

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Mark has a reputation for superb arrogance. Have you read the leaked emails he sent to the ConnectU people? They basically read, "It doesn't matter what you wanted, I have a better idea than you, and I won't waste my time trying to make you feel good about yourself." I actually recently interviewed a bestselling author in the middle of promoting his new movie, and he acted the same way. Perhaps I'm in the minority of…

I used to think exactly like you but I've changed my mind now. I think there's a world of difference between being a jerk and being rude and telling people the truth. Or rather, one doesn't have to be a jerk to call people out on their BS. For example, Don Box (of SOAP, XML, etc fame) is the nicest guy you can meet. And he is super nice even when he is shredding people's arguments and seeing through their BS. I have…

Post by billjings » Fri, Oct 02, 2009, 11:47 PM UTC

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Every employee is rated on a scale from 1 to 5, with five being the highest. No one gets a five. If you get a 1 or a 2, you’re quickly shown the door. Related to that are the steady departures of early founders and executives. Two of them, Adam D’Angelo and Dustin Moskovitz, were Zuckerberg’s high-school and college friends, respectively. They weren’t forced out, but they burned out or realized they weren’t right for…

Funnily enough, Enron had the same system where if you scored towards the bottom you were quickly shown the door. http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,129988,00.h... Of course, most big companies have a employing rating system, but Enron was different because 10-15 % people were asked to leave every year.

Post by foldr » Sat, Oct 03, 2009, 12:24 AM UTC

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The question is, would you love it when they asked you to leave because you're not brilliant enough?

I wouldn't intend to work there and let myself be kicked out.