I guess ālong timeā is relative but we were told 4-6 months until deal is expected to close last night by Parag, our CEO.
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Did a little interview for a podcast. Talked about my journey, so thereās some stuff in there about Monzo if anyone is interested!
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So, ummmmmm
Should I ask a question? 
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Yes!
Several cross my mind, but then he is not my prospective employer!
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Did you ask anything and what did you think, if you want to say?
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I did not. There had to have been over 150 questions submitted, of which he probably answered (directly) maybe 5 or 6. He spent a good 10 minutes on one question alone. I had already surmised this would likely be the case, so did not bother.
As for what I think? Iām still trying to figure that out myself. Broadly, I think he has many ideas, some of which are probably quite good, but less of a cohesive vision of how to turn that into a product strategy. I also think he is somewhat of a whimsical character, so even if there were to be a strategy, it would likely change frequently.
ā¦ and I think whoever is leaking our Slack channels to right wing figures, without even redacting names, ought to be thoroughly ashamed of themselves.
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It would be ok to leak internal information to left wing figures? Not sure political leanings has anything to do with it.
Similar to many entrapreneurs to be honest (hi Tom). Elonās problem IMO is that he has not surrounded himself with people who can turn ideas into strategy - he thinks his abilities have no limits, so probably surrounds himself with yes-men.
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Iāll let Simon speak for himself, but I think thereās a bit of a leap of logic here.
I read Simonās comment to mean that leaking content to those what would weaponise it in a certain way is a bad thing. In this case it is right wing commentators (because thatās what happened). That doesnāt mean that a leak to others wouldnāt also be bad.
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Thatās exactly what I meant - apologies if that wasnāt clear. There may well be leaks happening to left wing commentators as well, and I wouldnāt support that either particularly if the intent was to cause damage and it was directly or indirectly putting people at risk of harassment and abuse. Iām not aware of that having happened.
But there are people deliberately looking to cause damage by leaking to the right, and the right are also soliciting such things using various quite deplorable tactics, such as catfishing staff into fake dates and filming the conversations.
Of course, I donāt intend to paint anyone with conservative leaning views with this brush. Itās groups like PV giving conservatives a poor name.
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Hey folks!
Thought you might be interested to check out this article which I was interviewed for about my work on Twitter Communities. Let me know your thoughts!
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