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Re:Ask HN: What is the dark side of working at a successful ... by metajack on Monday September 17, 2018 @10:50AM (#18006420)
If you see such behavior, I encourage you to look for personal relationships. Many of those situations that I have observed the grifting new hires were friends of the investors or founders, etc.
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Re:Ask HN: What is the dark side of working at a successful ... by gaius on Monday September 17, 2018 @11:17AM (#18006729)
My memory is hazy but the first time I saw this, they were all followers of the same guru as the founders. Not actually Scientology but a similar sort of thing. They lost it all in the dotcom crash anyway!
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