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the irony of Andreesen now being one of those now gloating over its destruction
by caycep 2y ago
the irony of Andreesen now being one of those now gloating over its destruction
- hinkley 2y agoIs he really? Where? I'm no Eric Bina but I ate from the same table and would be happy to remind him of the petulant brat reputation he left behind in the halls of NCSA.
- caycep 2y agostart w/ his twitter feed (@pmarca)...
- hinkley 2y agoI’m not going on one arrogant asshole’s platform to make jabs at another.
- 77pt77 2y agoI've heard several interviews about the decisions he made at that time and came from a neutral opinion to hating his guts. It's like he was surrounded by knowledgeable people and decided to make wrong decision upon wrong decision just to spite them because he resented them being better than him.
- hinkley 2y agoI got to sign an MOU from NCSA about wage ranges about a year after he left because Marc was trying to extort more money out of them to stay there working on Mosaic. He left in a huff is the story, after they paid him a bunch including his tuition. The plus side was I was already making 10% more than any of my other friends and got another 7% for signing it.
- _bohm 2y agoRead the interview that Ross Douthat did with him in the NYT
- llamaimperative 2y agoJust the ol’ pull up the ladder trick
- scarab92 2y agoI don’t think that is a fair characterisation of Andreessen. He’s always been a Democrat, including supporting Obama and Clinton. His recent support of Trump appears to be a tactical reaction to some of the misbehaviour during the Biden administration such as debanking political rivals and encouraging race-based hiring.
- arrosenberg 2y agoHe's pretty explicitly said it's because the Biden administration tried to do the smallest amount of regulation in the tech industry. When Obama and Clinton let the tech barons run wild, he was happy to be a Democrat.
- hinkley 2y agoSomeone has forgotten the Clipper Chip.
- astrange 2y agoA16Z specifically doesn't have exposure to the big tech anti-monopoly stuff the last decade. They've just been doing crypto scams for the last decade.
- disgruntledphd2 2y agoYeah, and the previous administration was pretty anti crypto.
- hooverd 2y agoHe is a legit Moldbug techno-fascism believer now.
- astrange 2y agoNo he hasn't! He's been a Republican all that time and supported Romney. https://www.businessinsider.com/surprise-silicon-valleys-hero-marc-andreessen-is-backing-romney-2012-3 https://www.businessinsider.com/surprise-silicon-valleys-her... People are just so surprised to find out he's a Republican that whenever it happens they assume he's a recent convert.