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html5cat 6 hours ago

Interesting how Tang Yew Tan worked at Apple for 25 years (!!) and then threw it all out for this.

jonReadingNews 42 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

not even the first time https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/iyo-sues-former-eng...

Edit: this was a year ago

The_Blade 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

who knows, maybe he had giant gambling debts or other addiction(s) or bad real estate investments and/or lost half of it all to an ex-wife first. things that Jony might be readily aware of. assuming there is more than a kernel of truth to this - and i can't imagine not, the OpenAI comms guy who responded already scrubbed his X account - it doesn't surprise me that Tan was a criminal, it's that he was such a bad criminal

telotortium 30 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

What did he scrub? Looks like an account with posts to me

andersonpico 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> the OpenAI comms guy who responded already scrubbed his X account

who responded to what?

hug 5 hours ago | parent [-]

https://x.com/drewpusateri/status/2075708238650089981

and

https://x.com/drewpusateri

afavour 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

And how many years of being passed over for promotions, I wonder.

Not that it justifies what he did for a moment but you can absolutely work somewhere for a long time and end up resenting it by the time you leave.

khuey 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> And how many years of being passed over for promotions, I wonder.

He was Vice President of Product Design when he left Apple. How many more promotions could there be?

fiatpandas an hour ago | parent [-]

Approximately three.

appplication 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Being spurned is one possible motivation, but so is an outstanding offer, where you go from middle of the pack performer with career stagnation to superstar leading the hot new product.