As someone who has worked in that man's organization for many years: he's an idiot who believes himself a genius. > “He knows every nook and cranny of the comp

As someone who has worked in that man's organization for many years: he's an idiot who believes himself a genius. > “He knows every nook and cranny of the company.” He'll show up at warehouses in the middle of peak (busy, holiday season) and demand changes to operational configurations that to against the standards set out by subject matter experts. Because Dave knows better. And Dave gets what he wants. As soon as he walks out the door, everyone has to put everything back the way it should be before the site has a high severity incident. > habit of lurking in the shadows of Amazon warehouses and scoping out slackers he could fire If the article didn't make it clear, he's a sociopath. Worse, he promotes other sociopaths to higher levels of management. > The Man Who Built Amazon’s Delivery Machine His claim to fame really is that he was in the right place at the right time. Dave Clark built Amazon delivery? No, Dave Clark was at the helm of operations when Amazon realized that if the company didn't build a delivery network asap, they'd be in trouble in a few years when demand outstripped (cheap) supply. If Dave were smart, that's something he'd have figured out years earlier.