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So Jeri Ellsworth got fired today (Valve nextgen gaming hardware)
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Alex
Member
The person referenced and described in great detail throughout all the posts above you.
ElectricBlanketFire
Member
Visualante2
Member
Ah that's too bad, she's hot cool as hell.
Ah. That would explain it.
Willy Wanka
my god this avatar owns
It doesn't seem like she was anticipating it at all. I'm sure she will find a company that's a better fit for her though as she seems to be very talented in her field.
bistromathics
facing a bright new dawn
ummmm i think i'm in love
VincitOmnis
Banned
Damn it bitch, we get it! You got fired. You don't need 125 twitter posts insinuating or hinting at it.
ElectricBlanketFire
Member
Another great post!!!
Did he specifically mention firing people? Letting someone go doesn't have to be a black mark on their career unless the employer in question is being punitive. We can't even guess what she'd be fired for aside from total lazy-ness which seems unlikely. This is as bizarre as G4 firing Sessler.
HotHamWater
Member
Fuck off with this 4Chan bullshit.
RobotMafia
Banned
That seems to be direction of this thread. Valve fire people = good move! At least to some people. Gabe had a speech!
I actually don't know who this is, nor do I really care but it is interesting compared to other developers getting fired.
Sentenza
Member
reading the thread sounds like you are making shit up.
funkystudent
Member
Interesting.
Valve does not fire people all that often. Normally people just leave before it comes to that.
Wonder what happened? Maybe Valves hardware R&D is hitting some bumps on the road.
Valve does not fire people all that often. Normally people just leave before it comes to that.
Wonder what happened? Maybe Valves hardware R&D is hitting some bumps on the road.
Azure Dream
Member
Thankfully it will stop at two.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
There's a pretty big distinction between a large company laying off (not firing) large swaths of employees as part of an exploitative staff up / lay-off down cycle versus a comparatively small company firing employees who don't meet extremely exactly quality standards after a trial period as part of a continuing commitment to staying as small as possible and only hiring people that mesh well with a very specific corporate culture.
All this said with absolutely no awareness of the context of Ms. Ellsworth's hiring, job responsibilities, or firing, but the point stands generally.
She was popular well before ever working at Valve, so no.
Haha nice.
Weird. I was just re-listening to that episode of 'A Life Well Wasted' where she was on yesterday.
What the fuck does that have to do with anything?
So what?
Broder Salsa
Banned
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Edit : Wow, 2 other responses so quickly, didn't mean to dogpile the guy even with his exceptionally stupid post.
And what is wrong with that?
Your shit is getting old.
a secret-boss
Banned
Ur glad someone lose a job. GTF OUT
Jive Turkey
Unconfirmed Member
So being self-educated is worthy of contempt now?
EDIT: Guevara, why you gotta be a combo breaker?
neverknowsbest
Member
While I wouldn't say I was glad she's fired, this points to a possible explanation. Being skilled at hacking projects and being able to design a hardware system from the ground up are two different things, and some systematic knowledge can be useful.
CheesecakeRecipe
Stormy Grey
Joke post? Lots of people are prodigies and don't need to waste their time with classes to prove they can do shit.
Visualante2
Member
That's probably why she was hired over all the other educated people who sent hundreds of CVs in. Valve values people who do things themselves pretty highly.
Check yo' privilege.
bistromathics
facing a bright new dawn
to be fair, i've never met a competent self-taught programmer. not saying they don't exist, but there's something to be said for formal training.
LOL
... er. Yes, never mind that she was a genius, she didn't have a degree I could fish out of the trash in a couple years.
Amazing.
Maybe she was lacking in certain skill sets required for the job that get developed during formal education?
Being self taught isn't necessarily bad but people who are self taught probably just learn what's interesting and don't get the breadth of formal education.
If the person who didn't pay thousands of dollars is more knowledgeable and skilled, they should definitely get the job over the person with the degree. After all, they were smart enough to not waste that money, as they didn't need someone else to vouch for them because they were good. After all, that's just what a degree is: A school vouching for you, basically.
Simply paying a lot of money makes you qualified for exactly one thing: Saying you paid that much.