Penny was rightly acquitted.
https://nypost.com/2024/11/08/opinion/subway-rider-thanked-d... Subway rider thanked Daniel Penny for saving riders from Jordan Neely — possibly the most important gesture of his life
I feel ashamed to work at a startup, reading this. Thankfully I've seen how dysfunctional A16Z is up-close and don't have much hope for their future competence.
I hear Kyle Rittenhouse is also coming on board as a junior associate.
So this is virtue-signalling.
Wow these guys aren't even pretending to be about any legitimate line of business at this point. They have gone all-in on just being as like Trump as they can and robbing everyone blind.
He wasn't in law enforcement, or a statutory role. He's a former marine.
I think this is a non-story. I don't like A16Z but this specific hire has nothing to do with it, and I see no causal trend here or reason to say anything about Andreessen from this hire.
I had an uncle who was a lower court Judge in the UK, who would hire ex-cons to work on his pigfarm. Cynics would say he wanted a cheap source of labour but the truth is (I am convinced) he saw the need for post-Jail employment, and that condemning prisoners to a life without work income was stupid and hurtful. I think also working with animals has been shown to be net beneficial to incarcerated people.
This guy did a stupid thing. I get that. It had lethal consequence. I get that too. I don't think this hire is evidence of any nefarious quality. If anything, it will cost them money.
(I would never for for Trump, and I think A16Z has bad effect on ICT investment)
A MAGA DEI hire
This is revolting.
> “He will learn the business of investing and he will work to support our portfolio companies,” wrote Ulevitch in a note sent to all employees this afternoon.
By their own admission he isn’t qualified for the job. He’s been hired because of who he is rather than the skills he brings.
…wait, I thought A16Z didn’t like that stuff! Is Penny a DEI hire?
(in case you were wondering, yes, this thread got flagged to death)