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Is this serious??? I don't get why he is leaving the company that soon, nor what it announces it on Twitter before getting a new job.

coldtea 9y ago
>I don't get why he is leaving the company that soon Because he doesn't like it there. >nor what it announces it on Twitter before getting a new job. Because it's his Twitter and he has nothing much to hide. It's not like he wont find employment (actually it might be not like he even needs employment that badly -- he could easily have a couple of million in the bank).
- bla2 9y ago
  > Because he doesn't like it there More likely the other way round.
  - valuearb 9y ago
    You really think they'd fire a showy public hire this fast? Unless he was committing felonies it's almost impossible. They'd be working with him to try to salvage the situation. Impetuous quitting over some specific issue he holds dear is only a thousand times more likely.
    - dpark 9y ago
      I find it really odd that you assume him quitting for some petty reason is the most likely scenario. Why do you have so little respect for Lattner?
      - valuearb 9y ago
        Since when is "specific" the same as "petty"? Why do you have so little respect for the english language?
        dpark 9y ago
        What do you imagine "impetuous" means? acting or done quickly and without thought or care. "her friend was headstrong and impetuous" synonyms: impulsive, rash, hasty, overhasty, reckless, heedless, careless, foolhardy, bullheaded, headstrong, incautious, imprudent, injudicious, ill-considered, unthought-out
        valuearb 9y ago
        I didn't see "petty" in there. If you reread my comment, it didn't say he didn't have a good reason, just that he might have acted quickly or emotionally. Like many of us do.
        dpark 9y ago
        So he's got a good reason to leave but the decision to leave is rash, foolhardy, reckless? These don't seem to fit together. If you leave for a legitimate reason, I'd hardly call that an impetuous decision.
        valuearb 9y ago
        If you work in a good place with one huge flaw, and management assures you they will address the flaw, then you blow up one day because they haven't addressed it yet and quit, that's an impetuous decision for a good reason. It's not necessarily rash, foolhardy or reckless, since those are synonyms. In this case they are similar, but not exactly the same.
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    - microtherion 9y ago
      As mentioned in the Karpathy thread, Tesla did say that "Chris just wasn’t the right fit for Tesla, and we’ve decided to make a change." https://electrek.co/2017/06/20/tesla-autopilot-chris-lattner-software-vision/ https://electrek.co/2017/06/20/tesla-autopilot-chris-lattner...
      - valuearb 9y ago
        Yea i'm wrong. Didn't realize it was 5 months since he started, was thinking it was more like two. Still strange that a guy so super successful inside and out of Apple couldn't fit there. My guess is he was a bad fit for the role, Tesla said how bout we move you to another role that fits you better, and Chris said "no".
        greglindahl 9y ago
        Do you have any source for this new guess?
        valuearb 9y ago
        Sunk cost fallacy.
  - coldtea 9y ago
    I think it's the opposite. Their level (of software, etc) weren't as good as he expected.

coldtea 9y ago

>I don't get why he is leaving the company that soon Because he doesn't like it there. >nor what it announces it on Twitter before getting a new job. Because it's his Twitter and he has nothing much to hide. It's not like he wont find employment (actually it might be not like he even needs employment that badly -- he could easily have a couple of million in the bank).

bla2 9y ago
> Because he doesn't like it there More likely the other way round.
- valuearb 9y ago
  You really think they'd fire a showy public hire this fast? Unless he was committing felonies it's almost impossible. They'd be working with him to try to salvage the situation. Impetuous quitting over some specific issue he holds dear is only a thousand times more likely.
  - dpark 9y ago
    I find it really odd that you assume him quitting for some petty reason is the most likely scenario. Why do you have so little respect for Lattner?
    - valuearb 9y ago
      Since when is "specific" the same as "petty"? Why do you have so little respect for the english language?
      - dpark 9y ago
        What do you imagine "impetuous" means? acting or done quickly and without thought or care. "her friend was headstrong and impetuous" synonyms: impulsive, rash, hasty, overhasty, reckless, heedless, careless, foolhardy, bullheaded, headstrong, incautious, imprudent, injudicious, ill-considered, unthought-out
        valuearb 9y ago
        I didn't see "petty" in there. If you reread my comment, it didn't say he didn't have a good reason, just that he might have acted quickly or emotionally. Like many of us do.
        dpark 9y ago
        So he's got a good reason to leave but the decision to leave is rash, foolhardy, reckless? These don't seem to fit together. If you leave for a legitimate reason, I'd hardly call that an impetuous decision.
        valuearb 9y ago
        If you work in a good place with one huge flaw, and management assures you they will address the flaw, then you blow up one day because they haven't addressed it yet and quit, that's an impetuous decision for a good reason. It's not necessarily rash, foolhardy or reckless, since those are synonyms. In this case they are similar, but not exactly the same.
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  - microtherion 9y ago
    As mentioned in the Karpathy thread, Tesla did say that "Chris just wasn’t the right fit for Tesla, and we’ve decided to make a change." https://electrek.co/2017/06/20/tesla-autopilot-chris-lattner-software-vision/ https://electrek.co/2017/06/20/tesla-autopilot-chris-lattner...
    - valuearb 9y ago
      Yea i'm wrong. Didn't realize it was 5 months since he started, was thinking it was more like two. Still strange that a guy so super successful inside and out of Apple couldn't fit there. My guess is he was a bad fit for the role, Tesla said how bout we move you to another role that fits you better, and Chris said "no".
      - greglindahl 9y ago
        Do you have any source for this new guess?
        valuearb 9y ago
        Sunk cost fallacy.
- coldtea 9y ago
  I think it's the opposite. Their level (of software, etc) weren't as good as he expected.