The tech might be amazing, but the CEO comes across as an asshole

cwisecarver 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

He's actually quite nice over zoom so he just comes off as funny on twitter once you've met him.

	▲	overfeed 28 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Never heard of the guy before today, but his dickish aura (on X and in this thread) makes me not want to meet him. If I had to choose between buying from him, or some other random dude, I'll hear out the random dude first.

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tonyhb 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Sam is not an asshole. His twitter is great, he's definitely opinionated, and if you haven't had the luck of meeting him you might misread his tone as grumpy. It's not. It's sarcastic/dry humour and honest.

They build good stuff and care.

	▲	mbesto 11 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		You can build good stuff, care, and be very opinionated...you can also be all of those things and still be an asshole.

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samlambert 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I can fully understand why someone would think that.

	▲	parthdesai 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		There's obviously more to the story than outsiders are aware, but personally it just leaves a bit of sour taste in my mouth when the tech and blog posts you guys put out are amazing. (I'm a paying PS customer)

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tombert 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Genuine question, since I'm a little out of the loop; why do you say that?

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parthdesai 2 hours ago | parent [-]

https://x.com/samlambert/status/2098069474205470970?s=20

https://x.com/samlambert/status/2098075451373834681?s=20

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samlambert 2 hours ago | parent [-]

nothing i have said is untrue. a founder of a company leaving to compete out of greed is a bad thing and i am glad to call it out.

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mbesto 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Did anyone say you said anything untruthful? No, they just called you an asshole. You can both be an asshole and be right.

PS - Just some advice that I learned in sales 101 early in my career...focusing on shit talking the competition generally isn't a strategy that works well.

	▲	omnicognate an hour ago \| parent [-]
		> You can both be an asshole and be right. "You're not wrong Walter, you're just an asshole." - The Dude

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margalabargala 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

In case you were unaware, if someone's defense against being called an asshole is to say "well nothing I said was false" they're almost certainly an asshole.

No one accused you of dishonesty.