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Just some random anecdotes... Circa 2013 I was a tech conference attended by a contingent of RapGenius engineers. They were incredibly obnoxious. Loud, arrogan

Just some random anecdotes... Circa 2013 I was a tech conference attended by a contingent of RapGenius engineers. They were incredibly obnoxious. Loud, arrogant, boisterous, with no regard for anyone around them. This was when RG was getting a ton of hype and these engineers at least clearly let it get to their head. I distinctly remember one of them walking around in a t-shirt with "FUCK FUCK SWAG" printed on the front in huge letters. Years later, through my wife, I became friendly with a high-level engineering manager at what had become Genius. Totally normal, down to earth guy. I liked him a lot. From talking to him, I got the impression that the company had "grown up" a lot. It was clear that they were very aware of the perception described above and were faintly embarrassed about it.

toiletfuneral 5y ago
man I totally remember that, literally the biggest douchebags I have ever seen in my life. All they did was make a website with comments lmao
itsCarton 5y ago
Was at HackMIT during the same time frame. Can confirm that the only person from RapGenius present (pretty sure he was the founder or at least claimed to be) was as arrogant as can be and spoke only about how amazing his company was. Pretty much nothing about inspiring the young professionals attending, which is not really in the spirit of Hackathons. I will say that as arrogant as his speech was, his was pretty much the only one I still remember to this day, so I guess it was effective if nothing else.