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Re:Ubiquiti developer charged with extortion, causing 2020 “... by _pplp on Monday December 06, 2021 @11:53AM (#29462189)
> Nick was hired out of his job at Amazon because he was supposed to be the AWS expert.

This always cracked me up. From what I can tell, he was a mid level dev on the Alexa web api team. He knew AWS sure, but he did not have the cred at all to justify the position and responsibility he was given at Ubiquiti.

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Re:Ubiquiti developer charged with extortion, causing 2020 “... by gonzo on Monday December 06, 2021 @10:18PM (#29468757)
This means the fall in Ubiquiti’s share price was entirely deserved.

Management abdicated its responsibility.

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