LOL the worst moment in his life was the only thing you judged him by, how many other underemployed ex-marine surfer guys with vague ambitions to bartend has your investment firm hired - ThreadSky

tomscocca.bsky.social • 18 days ago

LOL the worst moment in his life was the only thing you judged him by, how many other underemployed ex-marine surfer guys with vague ambitions to bartend has your investment firm hired

Reposted from Ryan Broderick

Andreessen Horowitz's email on the hiring of Daniel Penny: "We don't judge people for the worst moment in their life. We believe there is long-term value in expanding our network in collaboration with Daniel and are excited to have him as part of our team."

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bygonebegotrisk.bsky.social•18 days ago

Hypothesis: the US tech industry is fundamentally weak — it's reliant on monopolies, overvaluations, hype, and scams (crypto), rather than true innovation — so VCs are trying to parlay their current standing into success with the 'next big thing,' power in an authoritarian federal government.

napoleon-the-pig.bsky.social•18 days ago

This is absolutely true, but you missed one thing, which is lawbreaking. Uber, Air BnB, AI and I am sure more depended on them getting away with breaking laws or ignoring legal rights. I just is old fashion criminality with a sheen of tech glossed on to it.

bradrick.bsky.social•18 days ago

Troll hiring is the new HR trend

colinelves.bsky.social•18 days ago

https://youtu.be/nTIfU4zMQWY?si=q34sfb3mpe6dtzmp

partialobserver.bsky.social•18 days ago

Andreeson-Horowitz: “We don’t judge people for the worst moment in their life. We hire them for it.”

badstatistics.bsky.social•18 days ago

Yeah, he's like hiring the guy who's a ringer in Basketball so he can play on your corporate team.

Except I guess he's a ringer in murdering mentally ill black guys?