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On his LinkedIn account: "Specialties Technology, Local commerce, Social media, SEO, Online marketing, Consumer and retail marketing, Sales, Salesforce, CRM"

How come every other scumbag tend to be everything above? Does it naturally attract these sorts of people?

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/andy-johnston/41/81/119

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I'm fairly sure this is his twitter: https://twitter.com/ANDYJBEASTMODE

So, I guess it shouldn't be shocking that this former media studies major is not what we'd call a genius. The twitter account includes references to studying at Berkeley, supporting the Giants, Chicago, sharing Groupons, using MDMA, and smoking pot.

I wonder how long before Andy Johnston renames / deletes this account too, as part of his futile attempt at a cover up.

Link seems gone already. Next time, take a screenshot, otherwise it's a bit hard to prove you were right - especially considering you are making claims about mentions of drug use.

He hasn't deleted his Instagram yet.

http://instagram.com/p/WF2X88xgST/ (if he takes it down: http://i.imgur.com/GzdJ9su.jpg)

http://instagram.com/p/aJ8ER-xgZO/

http://instagram.com/p/Y-06E8Rgcy/

Oh that third link! "GROUPON King Wizard" -- Survived one year @Groupon. Had to get the appropriate name embroidered on the jacket @indicudominate #indicud #kingwizardFollow

The DOUCHE is strong in this one. Bet he doesn't make a second year at Groupon. Bet he doesn't make Tuesday.

Dude, What is this? Some kind of 4chan style doxing? The dude is bad at his job... okay. He was a jerk to someone over email. I hope he gets fired and I've got a feeling he probably will. Lets lay off the estalking and witch hunting.

There is a line and this thread is crossing it.

There's a big difference between dox'ing and re-sharing information that Andy Johnston posted publicly using his real identity.

I haven't seen anybody posting his home address, identifying his relatives, harassing his friends, revealing private nicks, or really anything else that I'd associate with a 4chan style doxing.

I saw his cell number posted in here. There is no reason for that. I expected better out of this community.

Andy included that number in his original revenge communiqué, so again, not really a doxing.

A screenshot proves nothing: http://i.imgur.com/puRHX20.jpg

That is correct, but had he posted a screenshot while it was still possible to verify its authenticity, that could have been avoided.

Twitter went from protected to closed.

WC's Yelp is closed now too.

Because having a bully-ish personality does make you a more efficient salesman (the less ethics you have, the more strategies you can use to convince people to buy stuff), and it's easier to be a bully in tech-related jobs.

Jobs where being an asshole can be an asset attract assholes. Simple as that.

It doesn't, at least in my experience.

I'm not American but I thought Berkeley was prestigious and yet this graduate's job is to cold call restaurants touting coupons. No wonder Andy's mad!

People lie on their LinkedIn. You had one class at Berkeley or you interned as a Genius and you worked for Apple.

LinkedIn is a massive circle jerk of buzzwords and whores recommending other whores.

He's definitely only paying off the interest on all those student loans.

Even many Americans do not realize that Berkeley is a large state/public school, and has far less resources for undergrad education than "private" schools like MIT, Stanford, the "Ivy League," etc.

As far as I can tell, Berkeley's prestige is largely historical, and largely based on the graduate programs, especially in science and engineering. Undergrad engineering programs are also well-respected. Andy should have majored in something other than "American Studies," whatever that is.

Source: I went there.

His degree is in "American Studies, Business and American Culture".

Cold calling seems like a good fit.

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