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I know Steve Jobs is the exception that proves the rule, but still, Apple fired Steve.

• simonh 10y ago
  "I didn't see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. ..... I'm pretty sure none of this would have happened if I hadn't been fired from Apple. It was awful tasting medicine, but I guess the patient needed it." - Steve Jobs The Steve Jobs Apple fired was not the same man that returned to save the company. The caricature portrayal of him with an aggressive, petty, demanding, obnoxious style were all pretty much true back then. If Kalanick is at an equivalent stage, then Uber may really desperately need to get rid of him. Whether he ever vindicates himself and realises a greater potential remains to be seen, but it may well be that remaining at Uber regardless of his behaviour will just feed the negative side of his nature.
  • nebabyte 10y ago
    Except as twb points out, the Uber board can't oust him. And somehow I feel like a Jobsian journey of self-discovery is outside the reach of someone whose problems aren't coming from a perfectionist streak but rather a disdain for the customers/workers/employees using/building the service. On the other hand, sounds ripe for some other company not struggling with the same culture issues nor saddled with the sizable VC debt to come in for the kill.
• sillysaurus3 10y ago
  Uber's board can't, though.