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on startupschool I met several groups that are trying this. One of them, when I asked for a follow up meeting about ethics, instead took a small write up I wrot
by fswd 3y ago
on startupschool I met several groups that are trying this. One of them, when I asked for a follow up meeting about ethics, instead took a small write up I wrote to respond to their technical needs (...literally a two page write up) and immediately sent it to upwork. Three weeks later, lol, when that didn't work out, they contacted me again. I'm not going to disclose who it was, but I have a new policy now: Absolutely, under no circumstances will I consider working with former McKinsey partners.
- mooooooooooooo 3y agoMerely anecdotal but my worst experiences over the last year have been with startupschool companies - not saying they’re all bad (maybe I’ve been meeting the statistical minority that aren’t great) but as a part of the community I really expected better
- neilv 3y agoBTW, I totally understand the once-bitten-twice-shy, and McKinsey isn't a marginalized group needing protection, so personal aversions seem OK here. :) (I just bowed-out of an otherwise great co-founder situation, due to realizing a 2-hop connection to a party that I will never willingly go anywhere near again, even though it probably wouldn't affect the business itself.) But I feel personally obligated to just note, for any HNers reading, that the two ex-McKinsey people I've worked with closely at a startup were both decent, and I'd work with them again. Heh, maybe we can get McKinsey on our side, on this particular AI dystopia threat. Some hypothetical vendor-selection AI model (comparable to a hiring one) might take one look at certain past scandal involvements of the firm, and denylist anyone associated. But even organizations that don't care about individual fairness might still have to care about some AI pet project sabotaging the quality of their people and vendors.