Sam Altman and Y Combinator Bullying Accusations
Honestly, this reads doesn&#x27;t read like a piece of &quot;journalism&quot;... It&#x27;s closer to a Facebook rant.<p>Clearly, Pando staff don&#x27;t like Sam Altman, and I think this whole article is pretty unprofessional.<p>&gt; How is this the culture that we built? How did we end up creating an industry in which lying pipsqueaks like Sam Altman are heralded as “thought leaders” and “visionaries”?<p>I don&#x27;t know if Sam Altman is a visionary, or thought leader. I do know that in this case, he kept it way more professional, and the evidence Pando (or Sam for that matter) bring to the table adds nothing to the conversation.<p>&gt; What the Sam Altmans care about is that three years ago a website run by a woman wrote a mean thing about one of their portfolio companies. In the Sams’ world, there must be consequences for that kind of insubordination. She must be brought to heel.<p>To be blunt, none of this on Sam&#x27;s part seems sexist (at least I don&#x27;t see it). Perhaps I missed something, but this seems to be using the &quot;women in tech have wronged&quot; craze to rationalize some way the Pando staff feel wronged. I grant you, many women (and probably a whole lot of others, minorities, non-citizens, etc.) have been wronged, but this... this just detracts from the discussion. Pando, the New York Times, or anyone can&#x27;t just attack people for being in the positions they are in. I can&#x27;t blame Altman for being in his position, he&#x27;s there, all we can do at this point is try to work together to improve the situation. To do that, petty stuff like this needs to stop.<p>Occasionally, I&#x27;m sure we will need to remove people causing problems, like a CEO who enables sexual harassment, or a board member who says inappropriate things. Hopefully, this wont happen too often, as I refuse to believe the vast majority aren&#x27;t decent human beings.<p>That being said, in this case, it seems like Pando is the problem -_-