> I have absolutely no idea if you are being facetious or naive there.
Neither, but perhaps worse: I am young.
Are there any compilations of apocryphal stories of the events you described? It sounds too fantastic to be real.
Neither, but perhaps worse: I am young.
Are there any compilations of apocryphal stories of the events you described? It sounds too fantastic to be real.
Not to every company per se but it’s been commonplace well probably for as long as business itself has been.
Just an example - nothing that happened in wolf of wall street was original to them - just the getting famous for being caught part. And that was only a few decades ago.
The defense and finance industries are famous for that sort of thing. I’m sure it’s pervasive elsewhere too.
There’s nothing special about software or tech or clouds that makes schmoozing impossible.
> In 2000, Oracle attracted attention from the computer industry and the press after hiring private investigators to dig through the trash of organizations [...] When asked how he would feel if others were looking into Oracle's business activities, Ellison said: "We will ship our garbage to Redmond, and they can go through it. We believe in full disclosure."