I remember reading on HN that at least one CMU researcher got paid 3 times their annual salary as a sign on bonus to join the self driving car team. I'm wondering how removed the Pittsburgh team was from Otto.
As a Pittsburgher, CMU alum, and friend to several outstanding Uber engineers, it just make me so angry that a couple greedy jerks could do so much harm to their worthwhile endeavour. And certainly this is bad for Pittsburgh too.
I'm also curious how much of that bonus was stock, and what happens to Uber's stock if Google creams them on this
Or even worse... options. You're tied to Uber with golden handcuffs and no one wants to touch you now that you've been involved in this.