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This July I Was Fired from Simple AI (A Deeply YC Company)

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HaZeust wrote: post #108
andytratt wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

thanks for taking the time to research my background everyone and sharing your impressions! love that free speech from all the esteemed writers in these comments andytrattner.com andys.blog DOB 1/11/1996 cheers- from mequon wisconsin

You'd do well to listen to the song Vienna a few times, lol. Intellect and prestige will only get you so far; but being an egotistical, passive-aggressive antagonist will stunt your development professionally and personally. Quoting egotistical tech titans doesn't justify it, and using cutesy internet-speak cadence doesn't mask it. Just my $0.02.

one of my favs! have only listened a few hundred times slow down ya crazy child so ambitious for a jevenuile

Re: This July I Was Fired from Simple AI (A Deeply YC Company)

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bigyabai wrote: post #73
andytratt wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

as the post says, i financially cannot afford to leave (personal philosophy is to have net worth go up at all times) thanks for the curiosity - i believe curiosity leads all SF dwellers to great success and wealth over time. never stop asking questions. in public.

> i believe curiosity leads all SF dwellers to great success and wealth over time. There are tens of thousands of SF dwellers that believe the same thing, and end up flipping burgers to afford rent in a shoebox. If this is the same philosophy that you bring into the workplace then I understand why you're treated like a liability.

come check out my view tho it's quite nice next to Oracle Park we can see from twin peaks to bay bridge. if i smell bad it means i failed to shower and if you can see me you probably also pay $6k/mo rent without issue.

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deifavoridiablo wrote: post #71

The dominant goal is to produce the most entertaining public blog and life story. One method is to "fail" at secondary goals which others insist are primary. Comments can be posted with care, to influence the next episode. 1st-3rd degree reverse psychology is the sweet spot. At least he's not in any legal trouble...

never have been never will be bro.

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deifavoridiablo wrote: post #71

The dominant goal is to produce the most entertaining public blog and life story. One method is to "fail" at secondary goals which others insist are primary. Comments can be posted with care, to influence the next episode. 1st-3rd degree reverse psychology is the sweet spot. At least he's not in any legal trouble...

i have POA for my father who is in jail so yes. it is easy to since age 10 be navigating the justice system when your aunt and uncle beat you in wisconsin to not become jeffrey dahmmer making of a murder Netflix

and instead become an angel of light and silicon valley MIT stardom.

oh did i say beat i meant beat your little sister who is 6 years old when you are 9 and then they steal your money to go take their kids to the Charcoal Grill while you have peanut butter in the kitchen and eat nothing good and that was done on $3k/mo social security checks in your name but you don't know because you are 9

and then they take your college funds and remodel their kitchen for $40k or $80k i don't remember dont even try to calculate the interest to date in 2026 from 2006 and then

they sell the house! for a profit!

and you pay your own way thru college. did you get that part of the story anon account?

and by the time you learn the word "statute of limitations" it has expired thusly

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deifavoridiablo wrote: post #71

The dominant goal is to produce the most entertaining public blog and life story. One method is to "fail" at secondary goals which others insist are primary. Comments can be posted with care, to influence the next episode. 1st-3rd degree reverse psychology is the sweet spot. At least he's not in any legal trouble...

stevetrattner.com direct letters here. my pleasure. this is my favorite project. thanks for knowing my legal history you anonymous weirdo

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deifavoridiablo wrote: post #71

The dominant goal is to produce the most entertaining public blog and life story. One method is to "fail" at secondary goals which others insist are primary. Comments can be posted with care, to influence the next episode. 1st-3rd degree reverse psychology is the sweet spot. At least he's not in any legal trouble...

does HN staff make spoof accounts to prop up and balance karma? this is such schlep reddit bogus weirdness

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deifavoridiablo wrote: post #71

The dominant goal is to produce the most entertaining public blog and life story. One method is to "fail" at secondary goals which others insist are primary. Comments can be posted with care, to influence the next episode. 1st-3rd degree reverse psychology is the sweet spot. At least he's not in any legal trouble...

one method is to be perfectly calibrated to all potential knock-on effects to the 4th degree so x^1 x^2 x^3 x^4 terms.

i do not claim six sigma so ^5 and beyond or like 4+ standard devs is beyond me obv there are only a few humans that good.

but i am good enough that i get calibration to the 1-4th degree psychology. thanks. and yes i agree all comments should be careful. and beautiful and art you look back at and laugh in 10 years, along with the rest of the world.

so you only have to speak once, in writing. then its over. and the context moves on tomorrow.

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deifavoridiablo wrote: post #71

The dominant goal is to produce the most entertaining public blog and life story. One method is to "fail" at secondary goals which others insist are primary. Comments can be posted with care, to influence the next episode. 1st-3rd degree reverse psychology is the sweet spot. At least he's not in any legal trouble...

just check the timestamps. sigh.

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raincom wrote: post #72

If you are looking for your next job, just consider that your future employers will read your blog and your comments here. Since you consider yourself as a CEO type, you are fine, then. However, when you want to raise money from VCs, the latter can also read your comments.

ah yes i do recall in 2017 when i did that precisely that job for 3mo as Pillar.VC got off the ground with Parker & Tiff in seaport and we just read tons of random boston little newsletters to "source deals" and "analyze" the internet and find things about "founders" who were just little kids who did nothing and had no good ideas to fund.

the fund did well. by well i have no f** clue what IRR was but i took months 3-6 of the internship and finished MIT instead of working the full term of the $5k/mo internship that Jamie Goldstein hired me for. so their headcount and portfolio at least grew beyond Russ Jamie Sarah + interns to a multiple funds thing thing, staple of Boston idk whatever VC on east coast "Big VC" oooo scary

it was a waste of time and of the firm's money to do this meaningless "background checks" i'm sure Russ and Sarah and Jamie would tell you the same. they don't regret not working with me longer Parker was the better hire for the firm. haha

Tiff has done amazing since.

so idk exactly what you mean - what VC and how do they research and what's SignalFire's latest from Andrew Ng at Greenoaks the chess prodigy YC founder who built literally the tool to source AI on the graph of the internet and calibrate founder elo per Sequoia's secret sauce... Andrew may or may not be my friend from Scale AI poker nights when we played bughouse with Alex Wang i dont remember i just go all in on the poker table.

oh did you read that mr vc: https://world.hey.com/tratt/how-i-won-16k-in-a-poker-tournam...

oh no you didn't oops

and tell me exactly how you plan to scrape the internet as a VC cuz my output is prolific and i guarantee gemini will tell a clear story no problem about Andy Trattner on the internet with the appropriate credence.

regardless of this HN thread.

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