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Comment by pmiller2 | Hacker News Reader

Yeah, I got an email from a recruiter about this company a while back. The main thing they touted was that it was run by Travis K. I wrote them back and said "Sorry, but that's actually a negative to me. Good luck." Sucks to be them, but it's good to know my instincts were on target.

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It’s like nigerian spam - they want only people who don’t care about that to reply so you’re not gonna waste their time then nope outta process after realizing who your boss is going to be

Maybe, but I suspect people who actually care that Travis K. is running the ship would at least google the company and end up finding out that way.

I don't think it sucks to be them at all. Travis and his team probably want people who aren't overly sensitive whiners who constantly get offended at every little thing. (Actually I don't think any companies want these types of people, it's just that most don't try very hard to filter them out). If you happen to be a person who opts out as soon as the name Travis Kalanick is mentioned, then both parties are satisfied.

If you think not wanting to work with someone who created a mysogynistic bro culture at his last company -- a company which he referred to as "Boober" -- and who got removed from said company for his bad behavior, is being an oversensitive whiner, I would like you to email me your contact information so that I never end up working anywhere near you. My email is in my profile.

Boober, wow ::eyeroll:: To be clear, Uber executives, venture capitalists and its board of directors lived with Travis for many years and didn't see any issues, didn't censure him. He was not removed for his behavior, i.e. the acts themselves, he was removed because the company started to get bad press -- very little of which was ever verified or even investigated.

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