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Re: YouTube channel “TechLead” creator has created a crypto and pulled the rug

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Post by dvfjsdhgfv »

exdsq wrote: post #96
ozzythecat wrote: post #8

Not familiar with his crypto hustle, but I watched some Martin Kleppman talks on YouTube, and Tech Lead commercials started devouring my YouTube. The algorithm mistook me for not knowing how to code? Not sure. Apparently this tech lead guy created programming videos to teach you how to get hired at big tech companies. It turned out the partner guy in the videos wasn’t even a developer but had maybe interned somewhere…

Narcissist sociopath. I'm a huge fan of dry humor (and British) so should be able to read sarcasm or dry humor but he just annoys me. Putting "as a millioaire" in video titles is the most crass thing I've seen.

I don't like his sense of humor either, but I have to admit he exposes certain aspects of tech life and attitudes that people in general don't talk about, and maybe this is what make us uneasy (or: is funny to some). Things like badly camouflaged pride in one's achievements, position, being successful, being better than others. He is deliberately ambiguous.

Re: YouTube channel “TechLead” creator has created a crypto and pulled the rug

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Post by dvfjsdhgfv »

Lammy wrote: post #91
ozzythecat wrote: post #8

Not familiar with his crypto hustle, but I watched some Martin Kleppman talks on YouTube, and Tech Lead commercials started devouring my YouTube. The algorithm mistook me for not knowing how to code? Not sure. Apparently this tech lead guy created programming videos to teach you how to get hired at big tech companies. It turned out the partner guy in the videos wasn’t even a developer but had maybe interned somewhere…

I never enjoyed TechLead's main channel content but respected him (and still do) for covering the 2019 employee suicide at Facebook when they tried to sweep it under the rug: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbEQriZEfoI Backstory: an H-1B Facebook Ads-team employee was on a PIP, was denied internal transfer, and had a SEV follow-up task he was called to present at a SEV Review. I don't have any first-hand knowledge of…

Thank you for posting this, I didn't know it happened. It looks like they also fired another person who was talking about it: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/15/facebook-employee-i-was-fire...

Re: YouTube channel “TechLead” creator has created a crypto and pulled the rug

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Post by busymom0 »

exdsq wrote: post #96
ozzythecat wrote: post #8

Not familiar with his crypto hustle, but I watched some Martin Kleppman talks on YouTube, and Tech Lead commercials started devouring my YouTube. The algorithm mistook me for not knowing how to code? Not sure. Apparently this tech lead guy created programming videos to teach you how to get hired at big tech companies. It turned out the partner guy in the videos wasn’t even a developer but had maybe interned somewhere…

Narcissist sociopath. I'm a huge fan of dry humor (and British) so should be able to read sarcasm or dry humor but he just annoys me. Putting "as a millioaire" in video titles is the most crass thing I've seen.

> Putting "as a millioaire" in video titles is the most crass thing I've seen.

It's a meme.

Re: YouTube channel “TechLead” creator has created a crypto and pulled the rug

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Post by busymom0 »

stretchwithme wrote: post #9

Anyone who's always speaking "as a millionaire" isn't someone I'd listen to.

That's part of his meme/satire. I am still surprised at reading a few comments here which think he's doing the "as a millionaire" in his title as a serious/arrogance thing. He often has very good advice on his videos. I also like how he incorporates his "ads" into the video so well. This "Why programmers are so UNHEALTHY... (as an ex-Google software engineer)" for example:

https://youtu.be/2RzhJ_uqYj8

Re: YouTube channel “TechLead” creator has created a crypto and pulled the rug

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Post by thomasdd »

In the initial YouTube video, mr.TechLead said:

"I found it to be, quite interesting SOCIAL EXPERIMENT!". (8m 33s)

------------ I see this: ------------

1. SOCIAL EXPERIMENT! Nothing else!

2. Funny experiment. Attacking the very current psychological aspects of people on internet. CLICK-HERE, and for 1$ USD you can have Yacht, Luxury Mansion, ... just tell them about 1M $, Crypto and Tokens! People will do whatever without thinking about it.

Re: YouTube channel “TechLead” creator has created a crypto and pulled the rug

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Post by busymom0 »

jonathankoren wrote: post #26

This name and his face looks familiar. For some reason I believe he has a bad reputation, but I don’t know why. Can someone ELI5 who this guy is?

Asking for other people to comment on someone's reputation instead of doing that research yourself to make up your own mind is not a good habit. That's an easy way to get manipulated.

Re: YouTube channel “TechLead” creator has created a crypto and pulled the rug

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Post by liaukovv »

3grdlurker wrote: post #110
liaukovv wrote: post #106

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's what makes it funny. If there was no ambiguity then it would be just really boring channel.

I mean, if people acknowledge that there’s ambiguity then how can others argue with absolute certainty that he’s just being satirical?

There is ambiguity the same way there is danger in roller coaster: just enough to make it interesting, but not enough to fool anybody.

Re: YouTube channel “TechLead” creator has created a crypto and pulled the rug

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Post by [deleted] »

3grdlurker wrote: post #110
liaukovv wrote: post #106

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's what makes it funny. If there was no ambiguity then it would be just really boring channel.

I mean, if people acknowledge that there’s ambiguity then how can others argue with absolute certainty that he’s just being satirical?

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Re: YouTube channel “TechLead” creator has created a crypto and pulled the rug

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Post by corobo »

dgb23 wrote: post #101
Kiro wrote: post #92

After watching his videos on this, it's pretty obvious to me that he created the coin as a joke/satire to show the absurdity. Yet most comments are talking seriously about this and comparing it to actual pump'n'dump scams. What's the deal?

The deal is that he is a comedian first but also gives advice that is often superficial but serious enough so there is some value to it for beginner developers. It’s both satire and seemingly genuine encouragement. Most importantly he seems to be very good at YouTube marketing. Apparently many have watched his videos, even in this crowd, which means he knows how to attract views. My intuition is that this is a stunt,…

> very good at YouTube marketing

Cram the videos with how to be rich keywords and then provide just enough content people still watch the video

Now you're good at YouTube marketing too

Re: YouTube channel “TechLead” creator has created a crypto and pulled the rug

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Post by xiphias2 »

dvfjsdhgfv wrote: post #112
Lammy wrote: post #91

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I never enjoyed TechLead's main channel content but respected him (and still do) for covering the 2019 employee suicide at Facebook when they tried to sweep it under the rug: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbEQriZEfoI Backstory: an H-1B Facebook Ads-team employee was on a PIP, was denied internal transfer, and had a SEV follow-up task he was called to present at a SEV Review. I don't have any first-hand knowledge of…

Thank you for posting this, I didn't know it happened. It looks like they also fired another person who was talking about it: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/15/facebook-employee-i-was-fire...

I just found the LinkedIn of Yi Yin, he got a job from Google just in time after being kicked out of Facebook for speaking up: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yi-yin/
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