Acqui-Hires Boost Shareholder Value But Damage Tech Team Morale

"oh but the environment could just be bad"

sure, but that's also not an excuse if their job is to literally shape that environment with the full backing of political wind underneath their wings (plus a few billies)

instead of doing Their Job, or inventing A New Thing, they simply went straight to The Information to repeatedly "shape their narrative" and the rest is misinformed history

@suchenzang

@suchenzang I wonder who this is about

@suchenzang 🎯🎯🎯 I can't think of a single time an acquihire made sense. The talent was not worth the cost. Every time. But the director who initiated the acquihire always got promoted.

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@suchenzang Is this about noam shazeer moving to OpenAI?

@suchenzang ??

@suchenzang is this commentary on Recent Events?

@suchenzang bullish

@suchenzang Nailed it

@suchenzang You’re on a roll

@suchenzang Oof

@suchenzang Unless you have insight knowledge, but from outside, GDM was only competitive after the Shazeer arc.

@suchenzang You are my fav shitposter

@suchenzang There are many reasons people can’t contribute. Many times it’s not something they can control easily. Especially when there’s an establishment

@poopoomcpo @suchenzang It could be anybody