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afavourtoday at 4:08 AM2 repliesview on HN

And how many years of being passed over for promotions, I wonder.

Not that it justifies what he did for a moment but you can absolutely work somewhere for a long time and end up resenting it by the time you leave.


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khueytoday at 5:04 AM

> And how many years of being passed over for promotions, I wonder.

He was Vice President of Product Design when he left Apple. How many more promotions could there be?

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appplicationtoday at 5:01 AM

Being spurned is one possible motivation, but so is an outstanding offer, where you go from middle of the pack performer with career stagnation to superstar leading the hot new product.