alt Hacker NewsIs this what Zuck meant when he said he “takes full responsibility” for spending 80 billion in the wrong direction?
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wmf • today at 2:51 AM
Taking responsibility doesn't mean paying people to do nothing.
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Is this what Zuck meant when he said he “takes full responsibility” for spending 80 billion in the wrong direction?
Taking responsibility doesn't mean paying people to do nothing.
I have no idea whether he said that but it reminds me of something. I'm rewatching (by which I mean "playing in the background while I do other stuff") the HBO show "Silicon Valley" and it literally has this in it.
> Goodbyes are always hard, especially when I am the one saying goodbye. Today, effective immediately, I, Gavin Belson, founder and CEO of Hooli, am forced to officially say goodbye...to the entire Nucleus division.
> But make no mistake, though they are the ones leaving, it is I who must remain and bear the heavy burden of their failure. It is my fault, I trusted them to get the job done, but that is the price of leadership.
Mike Judge is a masterful satirist.