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Next to political bullshit, this kind of nastiness has to be what I least want to see on HN, although I can only speak for myself.

softawre 9y ago
I agree. I guess if GP wanted to tell us why he left so quickly he would have told us, though it wouldn't have hurt to ask in a nicer way.
- harrisreynolds 9y ago
  Hey guys. I was with involved with Shipt for a little over a year. I honestly left because I am an entrepreneur at heart and have my own business that I did not want to see die. It would have been easier to have stayed at Shipt. Being a CTO is a relatively easy job for me. But I don't measure my success by what is easy or what makes sense. I certainly would have made more on this acquisition if I had stayed longer, but what can I say... being an entrepreneur is both a blessing and a curse!!!
gebeeson 9y ago
You are speaking for me as well - no worries. I'd like to see less of that as well; adds nothing and speculative at that.
almostApatriot1 9y ago
It was an honest question. I don't see what your beef is. So many top level employees show to put their name on something for a year and leave with a payout. I've fallen scam to this a number of times myself.
- dang 9y ago
  That wasn't an honest question by the standard commenters are expected to maintain here. Please read https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and fix this. To fix it should be simple if you want to. Of course it's not so simple to avoid seeing others through the filter of our own past experiences, especially online where so little information is available. Most of what we're all doing when we read online comments is massive curve-fitting to our own pre-existing conditions. But the rules in the guidelines are designed to mitigate at least the worst effects.

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Next to political bullshit, this kind of nastiness has to be what I least want to see on HN, although I can only speak for myself.

by QAPereo 9y ago

softawre 9y ago
I agree. I guess if GP wanted to tell us why he left so quickly he would have told us, though it wouldn't have hurt to ask in a nicer way.
- harrisreynolds 9y ago
  Hey guys. I was with involved with Shipt for a little over a year. I honestly left because I am an entrepreneur at heart and have my own business that I did not want to see die. It would have been easier to have stayed at Shipt. Being a CTO is a relatively easy job for me. But I don't measure my success by what is easy or what makes sense. I certainly would have made more on this acquisition if I had stayed longer, but what can I say... being an entrepreneur is both a blessing and a curse!!!
gebeeson 9y ago
You are speaking for me as well - no worries. I'd like to see less of that as well; adds nothing and speculative at that.
almostApatriot1 9y ago
It was an honest question. I don't see what your beef is. So many top level employees show to put their name on something for a year and leave with a payout. I've fallen scam to this a number of times myself.
- dang 9y ago
  That wasn't an honest question by the standard commenters are expected to maintain here. Please read https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and fix this. To fix it should be simple if you want to. Of course it's not so simple to avoid seeing others through the filter of our own past experiences, especially online where so little information is available. Most of what we're all doing when we read online comments is massive curve-fitting to our own pre-existing conditions. But the rules in the guidelines are designed to mitigate at least the worst effects.