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[Original comment: “How did you manage to make this about you?”] Someone mentioned the person that stole his work as someone to look up to. It seems like a pre

by jiofih 6y ago

[Original comment: “How did you manage to make this about you?”] Someone mentioned the person that stole his work as someone to look up to. It seems like a pretty justifiable personal grudge.

marcan_42 6y ago
I just wish he weren't the default "genius teenage hacker" that people keep bringing up in completely unrelated threads. Let that honor go to any of the many humbler folks more skilled than him and who can actually work in teams with others :) (there's a reason why he's never been able been able to hold a job more than briefly as an intern...)
- dmix 6y ago
  I don’t follow the above stuff close enough to have an opinion on the matter, mostly just hijacking this thread to say I’ve been following you on Twitter for a couple yrs now and have tons of respect for the work you do. A rare talent that from what I’ve seen. Who also gets respect from people way smarter than myself. That’s always a signal I look for when I’m in out of my scope. I hope this project works out for you. Always so much BS on the people side in OSS, something I learned the hard-way long ago. But talent is talent, work speaks for itself, etc. You’ve certainly chosen a general enough topic/niche to draw lots of generic opinions and the whole peanut gallery stuff. So I predict this road will require quite of bit of blinders to operate without the constant distractions from the non contributing opinionated mediocrity. The only way to stay productive in such an environment IMO.
- rohit89 6y ago
  > there's a reason why he's never been able been able to hold a job more than briefly as an intern... Guess that's why he decided to start his own company :)
  - marcan_42 6y ago
    Pretty much. My own personal interactions aside, I wouldn't want to work for him, given what I've heard from people who have.
  - kbenson 6y ago
    Well, if the allegations here are true, he'll probably do very well getting a revolving door of VCs to give him money even if he/his company doesn't produce anything worthwhile.

by jiofih 6y ago

[Original comment: “How did you manage to make this about you?”] Someone mentioned the person that stole his work as someone to look up to. It seems like a pretty justifiable personal grudge.

marcan_42 6y ago

I just wish he weren't the default "genius teenage hacker" that people keep bringing up in completely unrelated threads. Let that honor go to any of the many humbler folks more skilled than him and who can actually work in teams with others :) (there's a reason why he's never been able been able to hold a job more than briefly as an intern...)

dmix 6y ago
I don’t follow the above stuff close enough to have an opinion on the matter, mostly just hijacking this thread to say I’ve been following you on Twitter for a couple yrs now and have tons of respect for the work you do. A rare talent that from what I’ve seen. Who also gets respect from people way smarter than myself. That’s always a signal I look for when I’m in out of my scope. I hope this project works out for you. Always so much BS on the people side in OSS, something I learned the hard-way long ago. But talent is talent, work speaks for itself, etc. You’ve certainly chosen a general enough topic/niche to draw lots of generic opinions and the whole peanut gallery stuff. So I predict this road will require quite of bit of blinders to operate without the constant distractions from the non contributing opinionated mediocrity. The only way to stay productive in such an environment IMO.
rohit89 6y ago
> there's a reason why he's never been able been able to hold a job more than briefly as an intern... Guess that's why he decided to start his own company :)
- marcan_42 6y ago
  Pretty much. My own personal interactions aside, I wouldn't want to work for him, given what I've heard from people who have.
- kbenson 6y ago
  Well, if the allegations here are true, he'll probably do very well getting a revolving door of VCs to give him money even if he/his company doesn't produce anything worthwhile.