George Hotz

The real thing that I spoke to a bunch of, you know, like individual contributors at Twitter. And I just asked, I'm like, okay, so like, what's wrong with this place? Why does this code look like this? And they explained to me what Twitter's promotion system was. The way that you got promoted at Twitter was you wrote a library that a lot of people used. Right?

The real thing that I spoke to a bunch of, you know, like individual contributors at Twitter. And I just asked, I'm like, okay, so like, what's wrong with this place? Why does this code look like this? And they explained to me what Twitter's promotion system was. The way that you got promoted at Twitter was you wrote a library that a lot of people used. Right?

So some guy wrote an NGINX replacement for Twitter. Why does Twitter need an NGINX replacement? What was wrong with NGINX?

So some guy wrote an NGINX replacement for Twitter. Why does Twitter need an NGINX replacement? What was wrong with NGINX?

So some guy wrote an NGINX replacement for Twitter. Why does Twitter need an NGINX replacement? What was wrong with NGINX?

Well, you see, you're not going to get promoted if you use NGINX.

Well, you see, you're not going to get promoted if you use NGINX.

Well, you see, you're not going to get promoted if you use NGINX.

But if you write a replacement and lots of people start using it as the Twitter front end for their product, then you're going to get promoted, right?

But if you write a replacement and lots of people start using it as the Twitter front end for their product, then you're going to get promoted, right?

But if you write a replacement and lots of people start using it as the Twitter front end for their product, then you're going to get promoted, right?

So what I do at Comma and at TinyCorp is you have to explain it to me. You have to explain to me what this code does. And if I can sit there and come up with a simpler way to do it, you have to rewrite it. You have to agree with me about the simpler way. I'm, you know, obviously we can have a conversation about this.

So what I do at Comma and at TinyCorp is you have to explain it to me. You have to explain to me what this code does. And if I can sit there and come up with a simpler way to do it, you have to rewrite it. You have to agree with me about the simpler way. I'm, you know, obviously we can have a conversation about this.

So what I do at Comma and at TinyCorp is you have to explain it to me. You have to explain to me what this code does. And if I can sit there and come up with a simpler way to do it, you have to rewrite it. You have to agree with me about the simpler way. I'm, you know, obviously we can have a conversation about this.

It's not a, it's not dictatorial, but if you're like, wow, wait, that actually is way simpler. Like, like the simplicity is important.

It's not a, it's not dictatorial, but if you're like, wow, wait, that actually is way simpler. Like, like the simplicity is important.

It's not a, it's not dictatorial, but if you're like, wow, wait, that actually is way simpler. Like, like the simplicity is important.

It requires technical leadership. You trust.

It requires technical leadership. You trust.

It requires technical leadership. You trust.