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> Wrt Andy, here are [1] somehow interesting views from (presumably) previous employees.

I am only seeing this now and I take the complaints about being "slightly racist and offensive" very seriously. I am checking with investors, former HR people, and co-founders. I was not made aware of any issues. If anything, I was overly cautious at the company.

I was openly transparent with our employees about every direction the company was pursuing up until the very end. The complaint that "He thinks he knows everything about business" makes me believe this person is just trolling because I was always the first to admit in meetings that I was not an expert in how to run a business. We had to fire people because of inappropriate behavior, but not because I had strong disagreements with how to run the company.

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FWIW, as someone who had multiple friends who worked closely with Andy over 5+ years and at all stages of their career (both BS / PhD) those comments reek of someone with an axe to grind. All of the many anecdotes I have about Andy paint a picture of a great advisor and mentor. I suppose I should say "shenanigans aside", but if you can't separate his jokes from his academic side you need to develop a sense of humor.