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I share a very similar experience to the author, though somehow even a little more extreme, including working in an entry level role for a certain tech mafia, living through maybe half of the events detailed in the new Uber book, working for the family of the president’s son in law, and then working at an absolute dumpster fire of a crypto company. Should probably write a book about it one day!
I don’t understand why all these from-the-inside vignettes overplay all the stereotypes so much. I guess it has to do with making it more exciting and exotic for your readers
4chain raids provided automated software to assist in highly coordinated trolls - an email template seems like child's play compared to what the "best" trolls can pull. I experienced a raid running a business affiliated with Carson Daly, who made the "honest" mistake of appropriating a 4chan meme on his talk show. Had to shutdown the website and restore the database to the night before to get rid of all the child porn they were uploading to forums we hosted. Thanks for the memory, 4chan.
This is Suhail Doshi, the former CEO of Mixpanel https://twitter.com/Suhail
This article is accurate but barely scratches the surface of how cruel he was to his employees.
TLDR: Founders are arrogant, self-serving assholes, spending other people's money; techies are ass-licking, ignorant avocado munchers. $$$ is being spent and harm is being done, while non-tech people struggle to make a living, but have a real life. Get out of the bubble.
not all of us like avocados. edit: i mean, I do.... but not everyone does.
I wonder who are these engineers who claimed to have built a self-driving car in 2013. Because we're in 2019 and self-driving cars still require two drivers to operate them.
Great write up! I really enjoy hearing this perspective. I think it's so easy to get wrapped up a big dream that we lose perspective into what's important. Treating people with respect and doing the right thing for the employees, customer, and owners. A lot of these mistakes can be tied to inexperience, and I wouldn't be surprised if the average age of VC invested founders goes up when money thins out!