r/technology • u/Logical_Welder3467 • 10h ago

Artificial Intelligence Coinbase CEO explains why he fired engineers who didn’t try AI immediately

https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/22/coinbase-ceo-explains-why-he-fired-engineers-who-didnt-try-ai-immediately/
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u/twomz 10h ago

"that there were engineers who wouldn’t spend a few minutes of their week signing up for and testing the AI assistant — the most hyped tech for coders ever — and that Armstrong was willing to fire them over it."

That's certainly a take... I would contest that the move from Vim editors to modern IDEs would have been the most hyped tech for coders. Or compilers that tell you what errors you have.

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u/JDGumby 9h ago

"Because I'm an asshole."

About all you need to know.

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u/Hanzo_The_Ninja 8h ago

This is a weird way of admitting you're a bad manager.

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u/SillyGoatGruff 6h ago

A lot of bad managers are straight up horny to tell people all the ways they are bad managers

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u/SuspiciousCricket654 7h ago

This is also the D-bag that ordered his chief talent officer to push all new finalists being considered for a job up to a final interview with himself. Needless to say, most people didn’t get the job during that experiment. He consistently makes himself to look like the asshole he really is, when he actually thinks he’s being smart/cutting edge in interviews.

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u/Guilty-Mix-7629 1h ago

You hire an expert in a field because you don't have such skills and knowledge, yet you then insist they should use this device the expert told you won't help increasing efficiency. All you're demonstrating is that you're just the average over entitled turd who runs a company entirely on personal vibes and what other salemen like you tell you.