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I remember reading about this on Twitter because of a reply from h2o.ai account. https://twitter.com/ppleskov/status/1215983188876709888?s=19 https://twitter.c
by sandGorgon 7y ago
I remember reading about this on Twitter because of a reply from h2o.ai account.
https://twitter.com/ppleskov/status/1215983188876709888?s=19 https://twitter.com/ppleskov/status/1215983188876709888?s=19
The person was originally employed at h2o.ai and as a consequence of this was fired. Not sure if that was completely appropriate.
Wasn't this a personal participation? Or are there "company teams" on Kaggle ?
- daenz 7y ago>Not sure if that was completely appropriate. In my opinion, keeping him onboard compromises h2o.ai's image as a trustworthy AI company. To many people, AI is magic, so the last thing you want is the impression that the magic is really a con.
- throwawayjava 7y ago> Not sure if that was completely appropriate. He has only been at h20 for a few months. He was almost certainly hired at least in part because of his participation in the contest.
- ramraj07 7y agoThe article says people mention kaggle grandmaster in their CVs and H2o uses this to hire them as well. This is essentially lying on the resume then.
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- starpilot 7y agoAt will employment.
- C1sc0cat 7y ago"bringing the company into disrepute" is gross misconduct and normally a firing offence, even in countries with more liberal employment laws than the USA
- mantap 7y agoThis is a perfectly valid reason to fire someone, even in Europe. If you admitted to cheating on your degree, and your university found out and revoked your degree, then you'd probably expect to get fired from your job if you no longer have the qualification you said you did. Being a top 10 kagglester is a qualification (and a highly prestigious one at that).