George Hotz

Managers should be better programmers than the people who they manage.

Managers should be better programmers than the people who they manage.

Managers should be better programmers than the people who they manage.

And like, you know, and this is just, I've instilled this culture at Kama and Kama has better programmers than me who work there. But, you know, again, I'm like the, you know, the old guy from Goodwill Hunting. It's like, look, man, you know, I might not be as good as you, but I can see the difference between me and you, right? And like, this is what you need. This is what you need at the top.

And like, you know, and this is just, I've instilled this culture at Kama and Kama has better programmers than me who work there. But, you know, again, I'm like the, you know, the old guy from Goodwill Hunting. It's like, look, man, you know, I might not be as good as you, but I can see the difference between me and you, right? And like, this is what you need. This is what you need at the top.

And like, you know, and this is just, I've instilled this culture at Kama and Kama has better programmers than me who work there. But, you know, again, I'm like the, you know, the old guy from Goodwill Hunting. It's like, look, man, you know, I might not be as good as you, but I can see the difference between me and you, right? And like, this is what you need. This is what you need at the top.

Or you don't necessarily need the manager to be the absolute best. I shouldn't say that, but like they need to be able to recognize skill.

Or you don't necessarily need the manager to be the absolute best. I shouldn't say that, but like they need to be able to recognize skill.

Or you don't necessarily need the manager to be the absolute best. I shouldn't say that, but like they need to be able to recognize skill.

You know, I took a political approach at Comma, too, that I think is pretty interesting. I think Elon takes the same political approach. You know, Google had no politics, and what ended up happening is the absolute worst kind of politics took over. Comma has an extreme amount of politics, and they're all mine, and no dissidence is tolerated.

You know, I took a political approach at Comma, too, that I think is pretty interesting. I think Elon takes the same political approach. You know, Google had no politics, and what ended up happening is the absolute worst kind of politics took over. Comma has an extreme amount of politics, and they're all mine, and no dissidence is tolerated.

You know, I took a political approach at Comma, too, that I think is pretty interesting. I think Elon takes the same political approach. You know, Google had no politics, and what ended up happening is the absolute worst kind of politics took over. Comma has an extreme amount of politics, and they're all mine, and no dissidence is tolerated.

Yep. It's an absolute dictatorship, right? Elon does the same thing. Now, the thing about my dictatorship is here are my values.

Yep. It's an absolute dictatorship, right? Elon does the same thing. Now, the thing about my dictatorship is here are my values.

Yep. It's an absolute dictatorship, right? Elon does the same thing. Now, the thing about my dictatorship is here are my values.

It's transparent. It's a transparent dictatorship, right? And you can choose to opt in or, you know, you get free exit, right? That's the beauty of companies. If you don't like the dictatorship, you quit.

It's transparent. It's a transparent dictatorship, right? And you can choose to opt in or, you know, you get free exit, right? That's the beauty of companies. If you don't like the dictatorship, you quit.

It's transparent. It's a transparent dictatorship, right? And you can choose to opt in or, you know, you get free exit, right? That's the beauty of companies. If you don't like the dictatorship, you quit.

The main thing I would do is first of all, identify the pieces and then put tests in between the pieces, right? So there's all these different, Twitter has a microservice architecture, there's all these different microservices. And the thing that I was working on there, look, like, you know, George didn't know any JavaScript. He asked how to fix search, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.

The main thing I would do is first of all, identify the pieces and then put tests in between the pieces, right? So there's all these different, Twitter has a microservice architecture, there's all these different microservices. And the thing that I was working on there, look, like, you know, George didn't know any JavaScript. He asked how to fix search, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.