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Based on my interactions with Patrick it seems to be genuine. When I interned at Stripe he randomly sat down with me at lunch and we talked about taxes for half
by GhostVII 6y ago
Based on my interactions with Patrick it seems to be genuine. When I interned at Stripe he randomly sat down with me at lunch and we talked about taxes for half an hour.
- akhilcacharya 6y agoAs an intern you're already part of a chosen elite (top school or top companies on your resume) so this isn't great evidence imho.
- hoten 6y agoOh lordy. What's the assumption here, that yeah he's sociable with interns but maybe he yells at waiters?
- akhilcacharya 6y agoIt’s plausible - it’s not a terribly illuminating anecdote
- meowface 6y agoI think the founder and CEO of a large, valuable company randomly sitting down with an intern to discuss some topic for 30 minutes illuminates something about their personality, even if that alone isn't proof they're a saint or anything. It's the collection of anecdotes like that, the absence of counter-anecdotes, and little things like Patrick still sometimes commenting on HN that paint a fuller picture. Such a person could still potentially be hiding a darker side, but I think it decreases the probability.
- matchbok 6y agoWhat a myopic and inaccurate thing to say.
- nl 6y agoThis isn't correct. People who care about status see "intern" as a low-status label, and well below their "CEO" high-status label. The fact that he spent time with an intern indicates that he doesn't care particularly about the status of these labels. In many cases this is called "being nice".
- akhilcacharya 6y agoI really don't think they see intern as a low status label, especially if they have an MIT jacket on, for example. I worked at a company with a CEO that did something similar and asked interns to come to his desk to chat, which I did. This practice didn't exactly shield him from being cast as an out of touch billionaire when he ran for President.