[itsoktocry]

>A lot of people here bending over backwards to try to interpret this maximally negatively.

This thread exposes who buys into whatever the SF/VC overlords say.

"Got fired" may be a tad ambiguous, but being told "stop working on that other thing or leave" is not too far off.

[dmix]

Getting fired usually implies they did something wrong. Sam was always going to have a lot going on in his life so it was a given there would be competing priorities when he joined YC.

It’s like not he was some random full time employee at YC and concealing his busy life.

So when a smaller AI project he started (with PGs involvement) rapidly turned into a monster overnight and started demanding the bulk of his attention, it’s not a big deal to ask him if he has enough time for both, and to make a decision early on before it becomes overwhelming (note: he still gave him the choice to decide).

Like a lot of entrepreneurs they take on a lot of responsibilities and think they can swing a lot more stuff than they really can, and PG’s whole thing is guiding entrepreneurs to make the best decisions.

[fairity]

> "Got fired" may be a tad ambiguous, but being told "stop working on that other thing or leave" is not too far off.

It's very different.

When employees begin working at my company, they're told a list of things they're not allowed to do. And, they're told if they do these things, they will be shown the door.

By your definition of "not too far off", we're basically firing people on day one. Absurd.