#Arrogance, #hubris

[benroyce@mastodon.social]

#Arrogance, #hubris

The downfall of many

#MicheleSpagnuolo, aka "AlphaRaccoon" (lol! 🤪) on #Polymarket, made a number of successful bets on #Google search terms

Well, that's because he worked at Google

Thing is, his winnings were substantial, but still paled in comparison to his high level of remuneration from his job as an #informationSecurity engineer in #Zurich

Well, now Google has placed him on leave

He believed he was so smart

He was. But not smart enough

https://www.wsj.com/tech/google-engineer-polymarket-bet-4d27b6b7

[cresssalad@mastodon.social]

@benroyce

I work for a company that uses Google as their office suite and struggled with this aspect of my employment

Google is not transparent and I never felt comfortable that a company sucking data endlessly for their (AI) projects off citizens, that data was not abused

So they sacked this guy but I still work hard to de-google (work is an issue - I can only make a GDPR if I leave)

Block all data engines (firewall)
No AI's
Hard cookie control
Browser obfuscation

Its rediculous!

[cstamp@mastodon.social]

@benroyce Sounds like greed took him out.