[lvl102]

Does Tobi even work these days? Sometimes I think he prioritizes playing video games over running a multibillion dollar company. It’s frustrating because Shopify could have been much bigger as a result of the pandemic if they had someone with a bit more ambition.

[agd]

This seems odd to me, given that he looks (from the outside at least) to be one of the most ambitious CEO's around. E.g. Building a fulfilment network to compete with Amazon.

[JeremyBanks]

From the inside, he has an ego like Elon and focus like Dorsey. Several of his executives are very good at managing him, but he lives in and broadcasts from a white void detached from reality.

[thecoppinger]

Can I ask what your source for this is? Perhaps you're an ex-employee?

I never worked under Tobi directly (or even close), but I was almost always thoroughly impressed with his communication and direction. I think I have a totally different take than the one you stated. The only axis I could see Elon & Tobi both sitting on is being members of the tres comas club.

[canucklady]

Externally he has a personal writer whose whole job it is to make him seem smart. He's the darling of the Canadian tech industry, which badly needed a win since the implosion of Nortel, so he has a ton of advantages. In SV he would be a mediocre wannabe founder but in Ottawa he's hot shit.

[thecoppinger]

That seems disingenuous at best—the man helped create Ruby on Rails & founded a mutli-billion dollar tech startup that has been wildly successful. Is there really any ground to question his intelligence, or rather, whether or not he's smart?

[yoru-sulfur]

Tobi still actively works on project within Shopify.

I've worked on projects within the last year that had (pretty heavy) direct involvement from Tobi.

[ghostbrainalpha]

Tobi is cool as fuck.

Your experience reminds me of the saying, sometimes "the best people to work WITH are the worst people to work FOR".

[ourmandave]

This reminds me of SNL's Undercover Boss Starkiller Base ~ Kylo Ren

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaOSCASqLsE

Kylo Ren as Matt: "He said Kylo Ren has an 8-pack. That Kylo Ren is shredded."

[yowlingcat]

Are you saying this based on speculation, or based on having worked with or for him at Shopify?

[acomms]

Not OP, but I worked for Tobi when I was at Shopify. He is indeed cool as fuck.

[frakkingcylons]

Paging @xal

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