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As someone entering the workforce soon, it's very disappointing to see teach leaders who enjoyed the spotlight on their elevator ride up completely disappearing
by naturalgradient 9y ago
As someone entering the workforce soon, it's very disappointing to see teach leaders who enjoyed the spotlight on their elevator ride up completely disappearing and pretending they have nothing to do with what they brought onto the world.
Even if you pretend you didn't know (and at the top, it's your responsibility to know), you can't pretend not to know going forward. Quit. Do something.
Had a lunch conversation with other CS PhDs today (mostly in machine learning) - Facebook is so out, everyone actively spoke out against working there. Was uplifting to hear.
- Htyv 9y agoSandberg is a classist asshole.
- chiefalchemist 9y agoCorrection: What we're seeing is not leadership. Leadership is a verb. It's actions, not words. In the context of that definition, SS is not a leader, and should not be referred to as such.
- cylinder 9y agoLeadership is a noun.
- chiefalchemist 9y agoThanks mom. Are you done proof reading my paper yet? Did you get to the part on metaphors and analogies?
- Rafuino 9y agoWhere are those other CS PhDs looking to work instead? Am very curious to know how these highly in-demand people make decisions about where to work and the impact their work can have.
- joejerryronnie 9y agoPalantir
- naturalgradient 9y agoAt Oxbridge, DeepMind is definitely the preferred employer, alsmost nobody is interested in an academic career, finance is not especially popular but always an option in London, hedgefunds heavily recruit. I would say next popular option after DeepMind or big tech in Silicon Valley is London startup scene for many.
- learnstats2 9y agoI don't think Sheryl Sandberg is pretending anything. The scrutiny on her as COO is disproportionate here. Can you even name an equivalent person at Google (now) or Microsoft? Or a presently troubled company - Tesla, maybe? I'm doubtful, and I'm willing to say there's probably a sexist element to this inappropriate scrutiny.
- Panjam 9y agoShe's the de facto CEO. She's placed there by investors to manage Zuck and stop him doing anything that might jeopardise all that IPO capital - and after her time at Google, she proved she knew how to manage ASD idealists. I'm rather glad this has happened, someone who built the two biggest douchebag business models the world has ever seen is not fit for public office.
- liberte82 9y agoFacebook may be the next Yahoo! What I fear is what replaces it ... it may be an even more unscrupulous company that avoids the outrage simply by being less transparent. Those who want to use our data and take our privacy aren't going anywhere. Don't ever trust any company, ever - it's about what data is being collected, not who is collecting it.