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A project manager at Google was upset that my 'bot literally ran circles around theirs (it was 2010, Android based robots were just starting) and told me that I
by spiritplumber 11y ago
A project manager at Google was upset that my 'bot literally ran circles around theirs (it was 2010, Android based robots were just starting) and told me that I was just a hobbyist and my project did not exist.
So I gave him one of the spare logic boards (open design anyway). And wrapped my hand around his. And squeezed. And asked him, if it doesn't exist, why is it making you bleed?
He watched impotently as the people who had been invited for the presentation played with my robots and ignored his as two of his guys tried to get it to work.
I finished the two projects I was doing with Google and did not call them again.
(Before you downvote: Yes, there is some video, and I consider the small amount of pain I inflicted that day a kindness compared to the much greater amount of pain that an engineer is in danger of enduring if he says things like "This thing that is in front of me, it does not exist", especially if he works with big machines).
- to3m 11y agoI think you need to work on your people skills.
- eonw 11y agoor the other guy could work on his ego skills?
- to3m 11y agoThat can be dealt with when they post their side of the story.
- spiritplumber 11y agoTrue enough.
- eonw 11y agoagreed, i would love to hear both sides of this one.
- spiritplumber 11y agoI get that a lot. Very occasionally, it's after "thanks for saving my life / my job". There's no shame in being an asshole but there is shame and dishonor in being insincere.
- CydeWeys 11y agoYou do realize you're coming across as a literal psychopath, right?
- spiritplumber 11y agoNo, a psychopath would've done something out of revenge. I was doing something to remind an engineer that the physical world is of paramount importance. A bit of bleeding and embarassment in 2010 as a reminder that things that are there, are indeed there, is better than being pulped by heavy machinery that "shouldn't be there" but is anyway in 2018.
- pearjuice 11y agoI am looking forward to seeing that video.
- spiritplumber 11y agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP0wSvw_qKk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP0wSvw_qKk Here ya go!