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I am curious, and I'm curious for many others commenting in these threads; did you read the entire email thread was that posted on imgur (and referenced as "tec

I am curious, and I'm curious for many others commenting in these threads; did you read the entire email thread was that posted on imgur (and referenced as "technical details" from the post), or just the content of the original blog post? I only ask because there is a 3-page (in my opinion, aggressively worded) email response in between "I feel this is unethical" and "legal action". I could see how the content and tone of that particular email could be interpreted in a way that could escalate the situation. Again, I do not agree with the response here, but it's not as if there wasn't a long email with a fair amount of context in the middle.

mkr-hn 5y ago
Three pages of text is a lot to read in images you can't reprocess for accessibility on a site made for viewing images.
- nrmitchi 5y ago
  Ya, it's definitely a lot to read. But if you are going to make statements like "I can't believe he responded in that way!!", it's important to read the thing that is actually being responded to.
  - hluska 5y ago
    I read the three page disaster and it was a disaster. However, it was from a recent graduate. The response was written by a CEO. C level positions carry a certain duty and require tremendous skill. In this case, Amjad responded to a poorly written email in such a way that every investor and employee has to fear or they’re not paying attention. Humans have thousands of years of experience processing trust. It takes a life to build a good reputation and one email chain to destroy it. C level leaders genuinely have to be a lot better than this, especially when faced with difficult emails.
ywei3410 5y ago
If you're referring to the email which Radon responds to the technical details; I don't think it's fair to label it aggressively worded without mentioning that Amjad had essentially accused them of copying internal design decisions. Taken directly from the email; "but this feels weird/unethical since you worked for us and now are copying internal design decisions (even bad ones)". Could Radon's email be worded better to defuse the situation? Probably; but they are a fresh graduate just out of university and I think it's reasonable to hold Amjad to a higher standard.

mkr-hn 5y ago

Three pages of text is a lot to read in images you can't reprocess for accessibility on a site made for viewing images.

nrmitchi 5y ago
Ya, it's definitely a lot to read. But if you are going to make statements like "I can't believe he responded in that way!!", it's important to read the thing that is actually being responded to.
- hluska 5y ago
  I read the three page disaster and it was a disaster. However, it was from a recent graduate. The response was written by a CEO. C level positions carry a certain duty and require tremendous skill. In this case, Amjad responded to a poorly written email in such a way that every investor and employee has to fear or they’re not paying attention. Humans have thousands of years of experience processing trust. It takes a life to build a good reputation and one email chain to destroy it. C level leaders genuinely have to be a lot better than this, especially when faced with difficult emails.

ywei3410 5y ago

If you're referring to the email which Radon responds to the technical details; I don't think it's fair to label it aggressively worded without mentioning that Amjad had essentially accused them of copying internal design decisions. Taken directly from the email; "but this feels weird/unethical since you worked for us and now are copying internal design decisions (even bad ones)". Could Radon's email be worded better to defuse the situation? Probably; but they are a fresh graduate just out of university and I think it's reasonable to hold Amjad to a higher standard.