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DeepMind co-founder leaves Google after a rocky tenure
- etskinner 5y agohttps://archive.is/0OVBt https://archive.is/0OVBt
- Barrin92 5y ago>While at Google, Mr. Suleyman was stripped of some management responsibilities at DeepMind after the company received complaints that he bullied subordinates It's honestly surprising to me that bullying stories still pop up with relatively high frequency. Like, in particular with the culture that most tech companies have, do people still think acting like the 'office asshole' commands respect? It sounds like something from the 80s, if I'd see someone act like that nowadays I'd just cringe.
- hinkley 5y agoThere's a logical line that extends from "we can't fire the tech guys for wearing ripped jeans at work", over a hill and past the horizon into "this guy is nearly impossible to work with but also we can't live without him." Some people are just naturally that way, other's can't deal with creative frustration and burnout and end up that way. At some point I think it turns to flirting with disaster - they are basically daring the company to fire them (and whether they still feel that way or not, they've set a pattern that they are now blindly following). Not entirely unlike intense thrill-seeking in people with depression.
- CodeGlitch 5y ago> do people still think acting like the 'office asshole' commands respect? Having been at the sharp end of an office bully, I can say that some don't even realise that they are being an asshole. The thought doesn't even cross their mind (they think they are acting normally).