I did, in fact, read the article. I've offered my subversive FizzBuzz as an alternative. It's not according to the article's rules, but it's definitely against the grain of the normal FizzBuzz.
He wasn't the "head of cybertruck" - if you look at his LinkedIn, he was a lead program manager. Still an important cog in the machine, but he'd been there for 8 years from an intern.
Model Y guy makes it sound like he was more of a key person, though.
Also as an Apple customer, iOS and macOS' latest releases _look_ nice, but they're unpolished and iOS still has some bugs. They were correct in their assessment. New releases used to have actual quality to them, now they feel rushed out.
I mean previous serious bugs included damaged file system, broken photo library, failing time machine backups, or when half of your files on iCloud drive disappears.
I consider few glitching UI animations or misplaced transitions to be tolerable.
"He stayed on top by having the foresight to buy up anyone he could that even smelled like a competitor and had the luxury of still being under the radar at that time."
While it's easy to shit on such a strategy, that does in-fact make him a great CEO.
But it does somewhat rely on luck to operate in a regulatory environment that allows it. I don't know that anti-competitive behavior requires any particular genius.
Sama seems disinclined to follow the straight and true. Apparently he can’t get what he wants without re-routing his partner’s buy-in buttons. Could he have founded OpenAI without all this drama? Was there no way to raise the money he needs without all the smoke and mirrors?
I’m a fan of the ChatGPT product but he feels like a David Mamet creation.