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Maybe Uber has realized that this guy is toxic and can't be trusted handling "their" tech? If he spent a decade stealing Google's tech, are they willing to risk

Maybe Uber has realized that this guy is toxic and can't be trusted handling "their" tech? If he spent a decade stealing Google's tech, are they willing to risk him treating Uber the same way? Especially since Uber's epic level of sliminess would make it even easier for Levandowski to rationalize theft.

atomical 10y ago
Maybe Google should hire him back.
- jacquesm 10y ago
  Why on earth would they ever do that? Why would anybody hire him? He may be good but he's also damaged goods with a serious trust issue attached to his name. Hire me and you'll get sued by the largest tech companies on the planet is not a really good opener for a job interview.
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  - SFJulie 10y ago
    With 100 Millions he still can create the company that will hire him.
    - jacquesm 10y ago
      If he gets to keep it.
      - atomical 10y ago
        I thought you quit HN?
  - atomical 10y ago
    They should hire him back to get some of Uber's secrets because of his duplicity. That was the joke.
sriram_sun 10y ago
Some sleazebag at Uber hired him exactly for that reason. Levandowski got caught. The question is how deep does this trail go?
- revelation 10y ago
  That sleazebag would be Kalanick then, given the evidence of their romantic after dinner walks. 'Kalanick began courting Levandowski this spring, broaching the possibility of an acquisition during a series of 10-mile night walks from the Soma neighborhood where Uber is also headquartered to the Golden Gate Bridge. The two men would leave their offices separately—to avoid being seen by employees, the press, or competitors. They’d grab takeout food, then rendezvous near the city’s Ferry Building. Levandowski says he saw a union as a way to bring the company’s trucks to market faster.' How are those trucks coming along, haha.
taneq 10y ago
Just like the old saying, "you lose 'em how you get 'em."

atomical 10y ago

Maybe Google should hire him back.

jacquesm 10y ago
Why on earth would they ever do that? Why would anybody hire him? He may be good but he's also damaged goods with a serious trust issue attached to his name. Hire me and you'll get sued by the largest tech companies on the planet is not a really good opener for a job interview.
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- SFJulie 10y ago
  With 100 Millions he still can create the company that will hire him.
  - jacquesm 10y ago
    If he gets to keep it.
    - atomical 10y ago
      I thought you quit HN?
- atomical 10y ago
  They should hire him back to get some of Uber's secrets because of his duplicity. That was the joke.

sriram_sun 10y ago

Some sleazebag at Uber hired him exactly for that reason. Levandowski got caught. The question is how deep does this trail go?

revelation 10y ago
That sleazebag would be Kalanick then, given the evidence of their romantic after dinner walks. 'Kalanick began courting Levandowski this spring, broaching the possibility of an acquisition during a series of 10-mile night walks from the Soma neighborhood where Uber is also headquartered to the Golden Gate Bridge. The two men would leave their offices separately—to avoid being seen by employees, the press, or competitors. They’d grab takeout food, then rendezvous near the city’s Ferry Building. Levandowski says he saw a union as a way to bring the company’s trucks to market faster.' How are those trucks coming along, haha.

taneq 10y ago

Just like the old saying, "you lose 'em how you get 'em."