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You can say hypothetical middle manager got lucky, but it isn't. We will never know whether Zynga would have succeeded without hypothetical middle manager or th

You can say hypothetical middle manager got lucky, but it isn't. We will never know whether Zynga would have succeeded without hypothetical middle manager or the other 'undeserving employees'. This is just dickish behavior from Pincus. Given his past record, no one should be surprised. What you are saying here is just part of the process known as 'rationalization' and then 'accepting' this behaviour. You can stop - wildly successful entrepreneurs are not saints. I think Steve Jobs is an even clearer example of this. And I am glad to see the employees affected taking legal action. There's no point in reinforcing dickish behavior by quietly accepting it.

kamaal 15y ago
>>You can stop - wildly successful entrepreneurs are not saints. I think Steve Jobs is an even clearer example of this. This is a very valid point. In fact there is a statement from Steve Jobs's biography, that he wasn't too much for loyalty in fact more like he was anti loyalty. There is nothing great about this thing. Screwing people just because they can, for absolutely no mistake of theirs has often been the quality of a lot of people with power. This sort of a attitude comes because they think they are invincible, powerful and can do anything they can and get away with it. And we are responsible for some extent too. We keep idolizing bad boys so much. Ultimately being bad begins to look cool.