George Hotz, aka geohot, who joined Twitter on November 18 after Elon Musk's “extremely hardcore” pledge, resigned, saying he could not make “any real impact”
George Hotz, known for being the first person to carrier-unlock an iPhone and jailbreaking the PS3 …
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@realgeorgehotz
@realgeorgehotz
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@ahmetb Yes, though none too impactful.
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@morgvanny
Mor
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looks like someone didn't desire greatness. sad! https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
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@realgeorgehotz
@realgeorgehotz
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@nagrani14 Nah, it is what it is. Still rooting for the success of Twitter 2.0!
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@realgeorgehotz
@realgeorgehotz
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@AutismCapital Did that with the appropriate people, not the public
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@potetotes
Lauren
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I think the takeaway here is that no matter how smart you are, it's not realistic to expect to effect meaningful change to complex systems in a short amount of time then leave. Same reason why consultants are not effective. No skin in the game/appreciation of how it came to be. h…
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@ericfrohnhoefer
@ericfrohnhoefer
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The guy that said 80% of engineers at Twitter were useless turns out to be useless. Didn't even get the popup removed. https://twitter.com/...
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@casanovacane
@casanovacane
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You went on livestream saying 80% of engineers at Twitter were useless, took a job as an intern to show how much more you knew than them, didn't get shit done and resigned probably before getting fired. https://twitter.com/...
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@autismcapital
@autismcapital
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Geohot stepped down from his Twitter internship. Not the best sign. Unfortunate. https://twitter.com/...
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@carnage4life
@carnage4life
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I guess Twitter Search is never getting fixed now. 😭 https://twitter.com/...
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@gergelyorosz
Gergely Orosz
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Call me surprised. George Hotz is an experienced software engineer who volunteered to do a 12-week “internship” at Twitter to try and fix things. He seemed motivated and determined to make an impact - but threw in the towel 4 weeks in. Not a good sign for Twitter's dev team. http…
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@plinz
@plinz
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oh no https://twitter.com/...