Jeff Dean is a lot smarter than me, more accomplished, and more talented. But let’s be honest. He was a big part of TensorFlow and TensorFlow sucks. And I imagine it reflects a lot about Jeff Dean internally. Smart, clever, but maybe over complicated or over engineered. And that itself reflects hugely at what Google tends to like, and why he’s so successful (at Google).

And if we’re being brutally honest, I wonder how he would have faired at somewhere like Bell Labs ;)

Let's be honest: you don't have the slightest idea about what you're talking about.