Anthony Levandowski, self driving car whiz who fell from grace

Re:Anthony Levandowski, self driving car whiz who fell from ... by linkregister on Thursday September 28, 2017 @12:29PM (#15358461)

No, what Page is saying, which is corroborated by this article, that after Sebastian Thrun's departure, Levandowski actively inhibited the project. Because he didn't get along with Thrun's replacement, Anthony's squabbling caused project delays to the point where Page had to personally mediate between the two. Later, Levandowski solicited Chauffer employees to quit Google to join his startup.

When the CEO of a company has to step in to mediate disputes between two of his directors, there is something seriously wrong.

The article nor Page claim that alleged theft of trade secrets has somehow slowed down Waymo's progress.

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Re:Anthony Levandowski, self driving car whiz who fell from ... by at-fates-hands on Thursday September 28, 2017 @01:24PM (#15359032)

>> When the CEO of a company has to step in to mediate disputes between two of his directors, there is something seriously wrong.

I agree and for every large corporation I worked at, hearing something like this is quite odd to say the least. I would think Page would dispatch some underling to sort them out instead. Or was the project that important that Page felt he had to get involved to save it from disaster?

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Re:Anthony Levandowski, self driving car whiz who fell from ... by sjg007 on Thursday September 28, 2017 @02:12PM (#15359492)

They may have reported directly to Page. Not unusual for a high profile projects with founder attention until they get bored and move on to something else.

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Re:Anthony Levandowski, self driving car whiz who fell from ... by walshemj on Thursday September 28, 2017 @01:37PM (#15359156)

Probably should have fired both quickly

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