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Google/Waymo + Uber/Otto comes to mind here with Anthony Levandowski.

• xnx 2mo ago
  Google and Uber started as courtroom enemies, but probably had to commiserate some on Anthony Levandowski probably being the worst hire they both made.
  • kridsdale1 2mo ago
    When all that went down, I was at Facebook. And some recruiter posted the news that Anthony was no longer at Uber, with a message like “this is a great opportunity to secure a top tier hire!” I replied (on Workplace) “Absolutely the fuck NOT.”
  • CobrastanJorji 2mo ago
    Amazing character. Started as a regular robot-loving engineering kid, was in the right place at the right time and earned something like $140 million from Google, mostly from truly ludicrous performance bonuses, went to Uber for another giant payout, was worth nine figures. And sure, he was convicted for crimes, but he got one of those definitely-legitimate Trump pardons. And then he managed to turn that into a negative $50 million net worth. And also he briefly started a religion based around having an AI inventing a Christian god or something because his story wasn't crazy enough.
    • xnx 2mo ago
      > And also he briefly started a religion I always assumed this was a tax-avoidance scheme