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Antonio García Martínez, a newly hired Apple engineer, is gone from Apple

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Context: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27134993

So the context appears to be that he was dismissing other women in the bay area in favor of the woman he was dating. Not an uncommon thing, but let's just say pretty much every other author I've read so far - man or woman - has done so more tastefully. And that isn't hard: There's a long list of established phrases along the lines of "others paled in comparison" that bring the same point across.

Now I can't decide who is dumber. The people who are - I must assume for their benefit - unintentionally presenting that quote out of context trying to get the guy fired[1], or the guy who'd publish an autobiography containing such a poor choice of words.

[1] Let's be honest. You probably don't have to take it out of context to hang the man.

Getting fired for a poor choice of words in a book that has no direct relation to your job. I would say "what a time to be alive", but It seems much more prevalent in the US/UK, I hope it gets contained there.

He made fun of white people being sheltered and they boot him from a company for racism. It was provocative humor, no doubt. But yes, I agree it stops being funny if you confirm these jokes to the letter. His coworkers should be ashamed of themselves.

Who would want to work for Apple with these colleagues? It is the definition of a toxic workplace.

You don't even have to like his opinions he humorously had written about in one of his books.

Engineer? I thought this was for a leadership position.

This feels like a “fuck around and find out” moment.

Write that half the population is “full of shit” and joke about trading them for resources and discover that you’ve ruined your career. Not going to find a lot of sympathy from me.

Edit: ah, lots of downvotes, nobody willing to defend the quote. Interesting.

What’s his opinion of Uyghur women?

People who live in glass toruses should not cast stones.

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