<story><title>Tesla hires Andrej Karpathy</title><url>https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/20/tesla-hires-deep-learning-expert-andrej-karpathy-to-lead-autopilot-vision</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>pscsbs</author><text>Wow! Tesla&amp;#x27;s official statement: &lt;i&gt;&amp;quot;Chris just wasn’t the right fit for Tesla, and we’ve decided to make a change. We wish him the best.&amp;quot;&lt;/i&gt; [0]&lt;p&gt;Chris&amp;#x27;s response: &lt;i&gt;&amp;quot;Turns out that Tesla isn&amp;#x27;t a good fit for me after all.  I&amp;#x27;m interested to hear about interesting roles for a seasoned engineering leader!&amp;quot;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;I don&amp;#x27;t think I&amp;#x27;ve ever seen a tech company throw an employee under the bus so publicly. I wonder what Lattner did to warrant such a public separation?&lt;p&gt;[0] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;electrek.co&amp;#x2F;2017&amp;#x2F;06&amp;#x2F;20&amp;#x2F;tesla-autopilot-chris-lattner-software-vision&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;electrek.co&amp;#x2F;2017&amp;#x2F;06&amp;#x2F;20&amp;#x2F;tesla-autopilot-chris-lattner...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item><item><author>ccorda</author><text>Seems to be taking Chris Lattner&amp;#x27;s place:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;clattner_llvm&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;877341760812232704&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;clattner_llvm&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;877341760812232704&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>geodel</author><text>Don&amp;#x27;t people like it here when a company does not indulge in pc bullshit. I think Tesla statement is to the point.</text></comment>
<story><title>Tesla hires Andrej Karpathy</title><url>https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/20/tesla-hires-deep-learning-expert-andrej-karpathy-to-lead-autopilot-vision</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>pscsbs</author><text>Wow! Tesla&amp;#x27;s official statement: &lt;i&gt;&amp;quot;Chris just wasn’t the right fit for Tesla, and we’ve decided to make a change. We wish him the best.&amp;quot;&lt;/i&gt; [0]&lt;p&gt;Chris&amp;#x27;s response: &lt;i&gt;&amp;quot;Turns out that Tesla isn&amp;#x27;t a good fit for me after all.  I&amp;#x27;m interested to hear about interesting roles for a seasoned engineering leader!&amp;quot;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;I don&amp;#x27;t think I&amp;#x27;ve ever seen a tech company throw an employee under the bus so publicly. I wonder what Lattner did to warrant such a public separation?&lt;p&gt;[0] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;electrek.co&amp;#x2F;2017&amp;#x2F;06&amp;#x2F;20&amp;#x2F;tesla-autopilot-chris-lattner-software-vision&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;electrek.co&amp;#x2F;2017&amp;#x2F;06&amp;#x2F;20&amp;#x2F;tesla-autopilot-chris-lattner...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item><item><author>ccorda</author><text>Seems to be taking Chris Lattner&amp;#x27;s place:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;clattner_llvm&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;877341760812232704&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;clattner_llvm&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;877341760812232704&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>chc</author><text>I don&amp;#x27;t know if there&amp;#x27;s any better way to downplay a major hire leaving after less than half a year. Everything in those statements is extremely obvious from the circumstances and I can&amp;#x27;t think of a more cordial way to phrase it.</text></comment>