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This is my assessment as well. People at the c-suite level had to be aware that viability of the company is highly reliant on the magical thinking that they cou

This is my assessment as well. People at the c-suite level had to be aware that viability of the company is highly reliant on the magical thinking that they could get to market with driver-less tech before the VC money runs out. The (very real) prospect of complete restart of that research program has likely freed them of the fantasy. I'm not totally discounting the PR issues as a partial cause of the exits. As a c-level employee, you (more than most hires) have to answer for rotten company culture. I also, however, think both issue (lawsuit and PR issues) make it untenable for the current batch of executives to stay on.

alrs 10y ago
I was in an elevator once, and overheard this conversation: "Yeah, computers don't do that yet. Don't worry, you just wait for awhile, and eventually they do. That's how technology works." I saw red.
- __abc 10y ago
  Why did you see red?
  - zelias 10y ago
    Probably because that kind of statement doesn't pass all the tests
  - alrs 10y ago
    Because it shows a complete disregard for what engineers do, and reduces our work to something akin to fermentation.
    - chopin 10y ago
      That shows disregard to what yeast does, though...
- ExactoKnight 10y ago
  Was this actually said by someone on Uber's C-suite?
- amygdyl 10y ago
  I have to say, I am so stealing that line. I know exactly who will repeat it, seriously, deadpan as if Q.E.D. shown, if I just encourage them a little... There is is something about that which smacks of borrowing the internet for a day, for a show and tell....