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by eclectic29 818 days ago
This is really bad news for Microsoft culture. See https://archive.is/ZuvYu. Also from Wikipedia: In August 2019, Suleyman was placed on administrative leave following allegations of bullying employees.[17][18] The company hired an external lawyer to investigate, and shortly thereafter Suleyman left to take a VP role at parent company Google. An email circulated by DeepMind's leadership to staff after the story broke, as well as additional details published by Business Insider, said Suleyman's "management style fell short" of expected standards.[19][20].
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Bill Gates used to call people idiots to their face all the time
What I’ve heard from people who have presented to him is he liked to say “that’s the stupidest fucking thing I’ve ever heard”

At the same time, it seemed to draw results

That’s damn true
Was that before or after getting into philanthropy foundations? :-)