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		pyrale 9 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Crew-9 Returns to Earth I believe he has pretty good social skills, he managed to fly under the radar as a public figure for long enough, until he was powerful enough to no longer need to give a fuck.

ethbr1 9 months ago [–]

His work history doesn't exactly say "pretty good social skills"

If he'd had better social skills, he wouldn't have been fired from x.com and made even more money from PayPal.

pyrale 9 months ago | [–]

Paypal is a good example actually: convincing enough to get named ceo, but gets kicked out once his partners get to the bottom of it.

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