Interesting how Tang Yew Tan worked at Apple for 25 years (!!) and then threw it all out for this.
[sharing reflections on his journey from MIT graduate to Apple executive to OpenAI Chief Hardware Officer as part of the Distinguished Speaker series hosted by the School of Engineering]
Edit: this was a year ago
He’s made terrible decisions since leaving Apple. I wonder if MIT/folks will now investigate his entire academic career as well.
What a way to throw away 25 years of hard work. Started off as a designer and worked his way up to VP. I’m sure we’ll hear from anonymous Apple employees about the nature of this person. Maybe he was pleasant to work with?
who responded to what?
Take something down and most of the Internet is too lazy to dig up an archive and they wander off to find something else to score internet points off of.
Not that it justifies what he did for a moment but you can absolutely work somewhere for a long time and end up resenting it by the time you leave.
He was Vice President of Product Design when he left Apple. How many more promotions could there be?