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He hasn't been removed from the industry, just from this job. If he's any good (which I have absolutely zero knowledge of) then he'll be back somewhere else be

He hasn't been removed from the industry, just from this job. If he's any good (which I have absolutely zero knowledge of) then he'll be back somewhere else before long. Hopefully with a new attitude.

meritt 13y ago
Fair enough but when top-level executives are being removed for their inappropriate behavior hopefully people will start to notice that "hey, maybe I shouldn't act this way!" and our industry can actually be respectable once again. This guy is a lawsuit waiting to happen with a very vivid history. No company is going to place themselves at risk hiring this guy again. There's plenty of other respectable talent out there.
- kmeritt 13y ago
  A) "This guy is a lawsuit waiting to happen." Yep. As in... Either assign an intern to make my twitter updates for me or expect to get sued for wrongful termination and for me to finally set precedent about the limits of corporate policy with a goddamn federal lawsuit. B) "There's plenty of other respectable talent out there." No there isn't. There are plenty of people who read hacker news and know what's trending today, but very few who can pinpoint what's going to be trending tomorrow or what a company can do to position themselves to be on the front page tomorrow.
  - gaadd33 13y ago
    Wrongful termination in an at-will state without violating any protected classes or protected speech? That would be an interesting precedent to set, how would you go about that?
- newnewnew 13y ago
  Respectable == toeing the Marxist/feminist line. You can have political opinions in public, as long as its left. Meanwhile, this guy is still employed: https://twitter.com/anildash/status/370362753451827200 https://twitter.com/anildash/status/370362753451827200 Also, "the economic catastrophe facing the global marketplace is a result of a failure of white culture in America."[2] Because, hey!, we all know white people are crazy. Good thing businesses never have to hire white people. [2] http://dashes.com/anil/2009/01/monoculture-is-bad-for-business.html http://dashes.com/anil/2009/01/monoculture-is-bad-for-busine...
  - meritt 13y ago
    http://valleywag.gawker.com/business-insider-ctos-is-your-new-tech-bro-nightmare-1280336916 http://valleywag.gawker.com/business-insider-ctos-is-your-ne... Pretty sure this guy qualifies as a douchebag and not simply trying to toe the line in a politically correct world. That is, of course, my opinion - but I sure as fuck wouldn't want this sort of individual publicly representing my company and embodying sort of behavior we tolerate, embrace or promote. Reply to Below- The tweets speak for themselves. No journalism necessary.
    - newnewnew 13y ago
      Hmm, I remember that author from somewhere. Yep, she's a shock troop in the battle to impose cultural Marxism[1]. [1] http://valleywag.gawker.com/dear-paul-graham-your-priorities-are-so-far-out-of-wha-1228175284 http://valleywag.gawker.com/dear-paul-graham-your-priorities...
    - kmeritt 13y ago
      I'll agree that harassment and discrimination ... in the workplace ... is a problem. Most of all in the boys club that is IT. This guy is a bro. His boss is a douche. Business Insider is fucking horrible forum for this to play out. And twitter is free speech unless they put it in writing and compensate you for ownership of your twitter account. Like a meditative mantra... repeat after me... "Equality is for everyone, even shallow assholes." It's not illegal for me to go out with my boss who's job I want, get him trashed, and when he tries to drive home, call the cops on his ass. You might call that entrapment or just fucking scummy behavior by everyone involved. This is basically the same thing in my view.
    - kmeritt 13y ago
      http://www.popehat.com/2013/09/10/speech-and-consequences/ http://www.popehat.com/2013/09/10/speech-and-consequences/ To which I say, "Bullshit." http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/08/education/harvard-case-study-gender-equity.html?_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/08/education/harvard-case-stu... 'But she wanted to meet someone soon, maybe at Harvard, which she and other students feared could be their “last chance among cream-of-the-crop-type people,” as she put it.' This woman is employable. I would have her on staff. Shallow though she might be.

meritt 13y ago

Fair enough but when top-level executives are being removed for their inappropriate behavior hopefully people will start to notice that "hey, maybe I shouldn't act this way!" and our industry can actually be respectable once again. This guy is a lawsuit waiting to happen with a very vivid history. No company is going to place themselves at risk hiring this guy again. There's plenty of other respectable talent out there.

kmeritt 13y ago
A) "This guy is a lawsuit waiting to happen." Yep. As in... Either assign an intern to make my twitter updates for me or expect to get sued for wrongful termination and for me to finally set precedent about the limits of corporate policy with a goddamn federal lawsuit. B) "There's plenty of other respectable talent out there." No there isn't. There are plenty of people who read hacker news and know what's trending today, but very few who can pinpoint what's going to be trending tomorrow or what a company can do to position themselves to be on the front page tomorrow.
- gaadd33 13y ago
  Wrongful termination in an at-will state without violating any protected classes or protected speech? That would be an interesting precedent to set, how would you go about that?
newnewnew 13y ago
Respectable == toeing the Marxist/feminist line. You can have political opinions in public, as long as its left. Meanwhile, this guy is still employed: https://twitter.com/anildash/status/370362753451827200 https://twitter.com/anildash/status/370362753451827200 Also, "the economic catastrophe facing the global marketplace is a result of a failure of white culture in America."[2] Because, hey!, we all know white people are crazy. Good thing businesses never have to hire white people. [2] http://dashes.com/anil/2009/01/monoculture-is-bad-for-business.html http://dashes.com/anil/2009/01/monoculture-is-bad-for-busine...
- meritt 13y ago
  http://valleywag.gawker.com/business-insider-ctos-is-your-new-tech-bro-nightmare-1280336916 http://valleywag.gawker.com/business-insider-ctos-is-your-ne... Pretty sure this guy qualifies as a douchebag and not simply trying to toe the line in a politically correct world. That is, of course, my opinion - but I sure as fuck wouldn't want this sort of individual publicly representing my company and embodying sort of behavior we tolerate, embrace or promote. Reply to Below- The tweets speak for themselves. No journalism necessary.
  - newnewnew 13y ago
    Hmm, I remember that author from somewhere. Yep, she's a shock troop in the battle to impose cultural Marxism[1]. [1] http://valleywag.gawker.com/dear-paul-graham-your-priorities-are-so-far-out-of-wha-1228175284 http://valleywag.gawker.com/dear-paul-graham-your-priorities...
  - kmeritt 13y ago
    I'll agree that harassment and discrimination ... in the workplace ... is a problem. Most of all in the boys club that is IT. This guy is a bro. His boss is a douche. Business Insider is fucking horrible forum for this to play out. And twitter is free speech unless they put it in writing and compensate you for ownership of your twitter account. Like a meditative mantra... repeat after me... "Equality is for everyone, even shallow assholes." It's not illegal for me to go out with my boss who's job I want, get him trashed, and when he tries to drive home, call the cops on his ass. You might call that entrapment or just fucking scummy behavior by everyone involved. This is basically the same thing in my view.
  - kmeritt 13y ago
    http://www.popehat.com/2013/09/10/speech-and-consequences/ http://www.popehat.com/2013/09/10/speech-and-consequences/ To which I say, "Bullshit." http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/08/education/harvard-case-study-gender-equity.html?_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/08/education/harvard-case-stu... 'But she wanted to meet someone soon, maybe at Harvard, which she and other students feared could be their “last chance among cream-of-the-crop-type people,” as she put it.' This woman is employable. I would have her on staff. Shallow though she might be.