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Kalanick is no Steve Jobs. Steve Jobs was an asshole at times, but that behaviour was always about driving people hard to create what he considered a perfect pr
by matt4077 9y ago
Kalanick is no Steve Jobs.
Steve Jobs was an asshole at times, but that behaviour was always about driving people hard to create what he considered a perfect product.
Kalanick's brohaviour has nothing to do with economic success. You absolutely do not need to harass people sexually to be successful, and that idea must die, fast.
In fact: If you promote such a culture, you're giving up the opportunities that employees with different backgrounds, motivation, ad loyalty can bring to the table.
- Applejinx 9y agoI'd correct you, slightly: Kalanick's brohaviour (as you put it) has quite a lot to do with stock market success because aggressive, amoral, bro-like investors collectively act like economic success is a matter of showing personality traits like their own. So, if economic success ONLY depends on eliciting investment from these people, then you need to be dominant and brutal in every perceivable way, including sexual harassment, to signal that you're successful. This is far from new. If success also involves building a functioning company, you've got to look beyond investor bros as a metric, and this is where Uber hasn't shown quality.