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Can you expand on why you think Tom Preston-Werner is mean? From all I've seen he appears to be a good person.

GitHub reached 150 employees without having anyone quit, which hardly seems likely if the Founder and CEO is mean.

https://twitter.com/holman/status/303576839132164097

Tom's reputation was ruined because he was sexist or something (https://gigaom.com/2014/04/21/githubs-tom-preston-werner-res...)

There was another side to the story - https://medium.com/@geeekcore1/facts-conveniently-withheld-d... I don't think any of us in the peanut gallery can really know if Tom Preston is a good or bad person, without knowing what really happened from the inside, and without knowing who is lying or spinning and who is telling the truth.

I agree, and even if he did something wrong, that shouldn't taint the guy forever. "Linus is rude" is a similar problem.

It was ruined for the people who believed the other side, not for everyone.

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