Re:A former Theranos employee's account of life inside the c...
by danso on Sunday June 17, 2018 @12:25AM
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Pretty good writeup, as it sheds light on what it was like to work at and tolerate (for a few years) such a poisonous company. Even with all the shady things observed, and the fact that Holmes's ideas and goals were a big sham, the author seems to have been engaged enough in the science to think -- at the time -- that the goals were legit.
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Re:A former Theranos employee's account of life inside the c...
by lookACamel on Sunday June 17, 2018 @09:00AM
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Actually it sounds like early one he decided it wasn't legit. He says he only stayed with Theranos because he literally couldn't find a position elsewhere.
Re:A former Theranos employee's account of life inside the c...
by danso on Sunday June 17, 2018 @09:58AM
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His complaints are heavily focused on how the company had a shit culture and terrible scientific practices. But he doesn't describe it, from the inside, as being the total scam that it looks like from the outside:
> If they had used some of the more sensitive methods or invented a new method they probably could have made some, but not all assays work.
> Part of the problem was that they surrounded themselves with people who told them what they wanted to hear. Ultimately, even if they hired the right people from the get go, and those people pushed for other methods they didn't like, they would have been marginalized, pushed out and replaced by people who were "yes" people.