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In my experience, Jensen Huang's keynotes are unprofessional in the best possible way. I remember thinking during an entire GTC presentation "Wait, this guy is

by ethbro 6y ago

In my experience, Jensen Huang's keynotes are unprofessional in the best possible way. I remember thinking during an entire GTC presentation "Wait, this guy is the CEO?" He seemed like an excited engineer who happened to stumble onto stage.

tasogare 6y ago
> He seemed like an excited engineer Is this a bad thing? I personally avoid presentations made by CEO of big corporations as it’s usually a Bingo of all the trendy buzzwords that as in fine no meaning.
- ethbro 6y ago
  Yes and no. When a kludged together demo fails and there's an awkward moment, sometimes a little more prep might be nice. But on the other hand, I feel better about a company focused on doing actual work rather than polishing demos.
  - dahart 6y ago
    Tech demos are notorious for failing on stage. I can’t even think of a well known CEO who hasn’t had one happen. I don’t think this has a thing to do with Jensen’s style.
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epmaybe 6y ago
Did you see his video before the keynote? I had a good chuckle. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=So7TNRhIYJ8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=So7TNRhIYJ8
- bredren 6y ago
  That’s a fancy kitchen.
  - DonHopkins 6y ago
    And he sure has a LOT of really nice spatulas! His Spatula City Frequent Buyer Card must have a lot of stamps on it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XbCWmY0eqY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XbCWmY0eqY
    - bredren 6y ago
      Those kids bouncing up and down in the back seat with no seatbelts on looks like madness.
      - m463 6y ago
        It's like the episode of Mad Men where the kids are playing spaceman: https://youtu.be/2XbCWmY0eqY https://youtu.be/2XbCWmY0eqY
khalilravanna 6y ago
Love his informal style. This video from him presenting at Stanford about the beginnings of Nvidia is so awesome exactly for that reason: "...You talk about that for about 6 months. The big event for the day would be 'Hey, where do you guys want to go for lunch?'" Beautiful when you pair it with the fact that they built a company worth many billions of dollars. https://youtu.be/yU3GUHDf0mk https://youtu.be/yU3GUHDf0mk
solidasparagus 6y ago
Especially when he runs over his keynote by like an hour. It's frustrating (is he going to finish before I have to leave for this meeting?) and also really fun listening to a CEO who's so excited about what they've built that he completely loses track of time.
baybal2 6y ago
He is an Amazing salesman though
downerending 6y ago
Saw him recently for the first time and really enjoyed his enthusiasm and "real-ness". At one point during the (long) talk, he opined that he really wished he hadn't drank so much right beforehand (i.e., full bladder). Ha.
Keyframe 6y ago
I thought he was nerdy business man trying to be cool and it was / is cringy, but years ago I saw him talking with TSMC founder on computer history museum and since I think highly of the guy and really appreciate him. There's a dose of genuineness behind him and you can tell.
- ethbro 6y ago
  I think that's as accurate of a description as I can imagine. Most CEOs are nerdy business men trying to be cool. Jensen comes across more like a cool nerd trying to be business-y.
pjmlp 6y ago
I rather watch him than those fake converstations on stage done by professional CEOs, or those guys in fancy suits that feel like someone from a TV sales channel.

by ethbro 6y ago

tasogare 6y ago

> He seemed like an excited engineer Is this a bad thing? I personally avoid presentations made by CEO of big corporations as it’s usually a Bingo of all the trendy buzzwords that as in fine no meaning.

ethbro 6y ago
Yes and no. When a kludged together demo fails and there's an awkward moment, sometimes a little more prep might be nice. But on the other hand, I feel better about a company focused on doing actual work rather than polishing demos.
- dahart 6y ago
  Tech demos are notorious for failing on stage. I can’t even think of a well known CEO who hasn’t had one happen. I don’t think this has a thing to do with Jensen’s style.
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epmaybe 6y ago

Did you see his video before the keynote? I had a good chuckle. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=So7TNRhIYJ8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=So7TNRhIYJ8

bredren 6y ago
That’s a fancy kitchen.
- DonHopkins 6y ago
  And he sure has a LOT of really nice spatulas! His Spatula City Frequent Buyer Card must have a lot of stamps on it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XbCWmY0eqY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XbCWmY0eqY
  - bredren 6y ago
    Those kids bouncing up and down in the back seat with no seatbelts on looks like madness.
    - m463 6y ago
      It's like the episode of Mad Men where the kids are playing spaceman: https://youtu.be/2XbCWmY0eqY https://youtu.be/2XbCWmY0eqY

khalilravanna 6y ago

Love his informal style. This video from him presenting at Stanford about the beginnings of Nvidia is so awesome exactly for that reason: "...You talk about that for about 6 months. The big event for the day would be 'Hey, where do you guys want to go for lunch?'" Beautiful when you pair it with the fact that they built a company worth many billions of dollars. https://youtu.be/yU3GUHDf0mk https://youtu.be/yU3GUHDf0mk

solidasparagus 6y ago

Especially when he runs over his keynote by like an hour. It's frustrating (is he going to finish before I have to leave for this meeting?) and also really fun listening to a CEO who's so excited about what they've built that he completely loses track of time.

baybal2 6y ago

He is an Amazing salesman though

downerending 6y ago

Saw him recently for the first time and really enjoyed his enthusiasm and "real-ness". At one point during the (long) talk, he opined that he really wished he hadn't drank so much right beforehand (i.e., full bladder). Ha.

Keyframe 6y ago

I thought he was nerdy business man trying to be cool and it was / is cringy, but years ago I saw him talking with TSMC founder on computer history museum and since I think highly of the guy and really appreciate him. There's a dose of genuineness behind him and you can tell.

ethbro 6y ago
I think that's as accurate of a description as I can imagine. Most CEOs are nerdy business men trying to be cool. Jensen comes across more like a cool nerd trying to be business-y.

pjmlp 6y ago

I rather watch him than those fake converstations on stage done by professional CEOs, or those guys in fancy suits that feel like someone from a TV sales channel.