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{{Short description|American software industry commentator}} |
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'''Patrick Shyu''', commonly known by his online alias '''TechLead''', |
'''Patrick Shyu''', commonly known by his online alias '''TechLead''', is a social media personality, entrepreneur, and former [[Google]] and [[Facebook]] employee. He is known for his posts about the software industry and about his philosophy about life and success. According to ''[[SheThePeople]]'' he is known for a dry sarcastic sense of humor. |
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==Career== |
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Shyu worked at Google's [[San Bruno, California]] office for almost four years. He then joined Facebook in May 2018. Shyu was fired by Facebook on August 26, 2019, for reasons he attributes to his YouTube channel. He posted many videos in the immediate aftermath of his firing.<ref name="cnbc-2019-09">{{cite news |last1=Rodriguez |first1=Salvador |title=Ex-Facebook engineer posts YouTube videos mocking the culture and joking about how he was fired |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/19/ex-facebook-engineer-patrick-shyu-makes-fun-of-company-on-youtube.html |access-date=24 May 2022 |work=CNBC |date=19 September 2019 |language=en}}</ref> He criticized Facebook's working culture at the time, comparing it to a popularity contest, and disliking the attention that employees give to [[Workplace (software)|Workplace]], the company's internal social network.<ref name="timesofindia-2019-09">{{cite news |title=Working at Facebook is like a popularity contest, says ex-employee |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/gadgets-news/working-at-facebook-is-like-a-popularity-contest-says-ex-employee/articleshow/71229267.cms |access-date=May 24, 2022 |work=The Times of India |date=September 22, 2019 |language=en}}</ref> |
Shyu worked at Google's [[San Bruno, California]] office for almost four years. He then joined Facebook in May 2018. Shyu was fired by Facebook on August 26, 2019, for reasons he attributes to his YouTube channel. He posted many videos in the immediate aftermath of his firing.<ref name="cnbc-2019-09">{{cite news |last1=Rodriguez |first1=Salvador |title=Ex-Facebook engineer posts YouTube videos mocking the culture and joking about how he was fired |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/19/ex-facebook-engineer-patrick-shyu-makes-fun-of-company-on-youtube.html |access-date=24 May 2022 |work=CNBC |date=19 September 2019 |language=en}}</ref> He criticized Facebook's working culture at the time, comparing it to a popularity contest, and disliking the attention that employees give to [[Workplace (software)|Workplace]], the company's internal social network.<ref name="timesofindia-2019-09">{{cite news |title=Working at Facebook is like a popularity contest, says ex-employee |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/gadgets-news/working-at-facebook-is-like-a-popularity-contest-says-ex-employee/articleshow/71229267.cms |access-date=May 24, 2022 |work=The Times of India |date=September 22, 2019 |language=en}}</ref> |
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He founded Tech Interview Pro, a [[Educational technology|computer-based training]] company focused on [[coding interview]]s. |
He founded Tech Interview Pro, a [[Educational technology|computer-based training]] company focused on [[coding interview]]s. His other training companies include YouTube Backstage, which teaches students about running a YouTube channel as a business<ref name="youtube-backstage">{{cite web |last1=Shyu |first1=Patrick |title=YouTube Backstage {{!}} Learn the secrets of success on YouTube |url=https://www.techseries.dev/backstage |website=YouTube Backstage |access-date=November 24, 2022 |language=en}}{{Self-published inline|date=November 2022}}</ref>. |
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==Criticism== |
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In May 2022, Twitter users criticized TechLead for a series of tweets he posted, and later deleted, about [[women in STEM fields|women in tech]]. He said that when he worked at Google, he "rejected all women on-the-spot and trashed their resumes in front of them", told them "I'm smarter than you" and then "gave them an [[NP-Hard Problem|NP-hard problem]] and went home". He later told critics of these tweets to "get into Google first", before deleting all his previous tweets and posting (and later deleting) a tweet that read, in part, "opinions are not engraved in stone".<ref name="insider-2022-05-26">{{cite news |last1=Teh |first1=Cheryl |title=A former Google tech lead bragged on Twitter about how he used to trash women's résumés in front of them: 'Go have some kids' |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/ex-google-staff-brags-iabout-trashing-female-coders-resumes-2022-5 |access-date=June 1, 2022 |work=Business Insider |date=May 26, 2022}}</ref><ref name="thequint-2022-05">{{cite news |last1=Begani |first1=Meghana |title=Youtuber Called Out For Sexist Tweets About Female Programmers |url=https://www.thequint.com/neon/social-buzz/teachlead-a-youtuber-called-out-for-sexist-tweets |access-date=24 May 2022 |work=TheQuint |date=24 May 2022 |language=en}}</ref> Shyu said in November 2022 that satirical content under the name "TechLead" had been attributed to his real identity.<ref>{{Cite video |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQQT6r0qQIg&t=474s |title=why i left youtube... (on FTX, Kanye West, Crypto) |date=30 November 2022 |last=Techlead |publisher=Youtube |minutes=7:55 |access-date=8 December 2022}}{{Self-published source|date=December 2022}} </ref> |
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On 21 June 2024, Techlead filed a [[DMCA]] claim against YouTuber Internet Anarchist, after the latter had published a YouTube video<ref>{{Cite video |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g_2dIPJNog |title=How CoffeeZilla Destroyed YouTube's Worst Tech Channel |date=15 June 2024 |last=Internet Anarchist |publisher=Youtube |access-date=23 June 2024}} </ref> which highlighted various accusations against Techlead over the previous several years, largely via a compilation of clips from fellow YouTuber CoffeeZilla's previous exposés against TechLead. This was followed by a video uploaded by TechLead, in which he admitted to filing DMCA takedowns on videos that criticized him (including Internet Anarchist's video), equating it to a "[[hazing ritual]]" for content creators that try to further excoriate him as well as a means to obtain personal information from content creators who criticize him. This prompted other personalities on the platform to make their own videos exposing this abuse of the DMCA system,<ref>{{Cite video |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDsObAxOxTo |title=YouTube Needs To Delete This Channel Immediately... |date=21 June 2024 |last=SomeOrdinaryGamers |publisher=Youtube |access-date=22 June 2024}} </ref> which subsequently led TechLead to take down his own video. |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 15:04, 26 June 2024
Patrick Shyu, commonly known by his online alias TechLead, is a social media personality, entrepreneur, and former Google and Facebook employee. He is known for his posts about the software industry and about his philosophy about life and success. According to SheThePeople he is known for a dry sarcastic sense of humor.
Career
Shyu worked at Google's San Bruno, California office for almost four years. He then joined Facebook in May 2018. Shyu was fired by Facebook on August 26, 2019, for reasons he attributes to his YouTube channel. He posted many videos in the immediate aftermath of his firing.[1] He criticized Facebook's working culture at the time, comparing it to a popularity contest, and disliking the attention that employees give to Workplace, the company's internal social network.[2]
He founded Tech Interview Pro, a computer-based training company focused on coding interviews. His other training companies include YouTube Backstage, which teaches students about running a YouTube channel as a business[3].
References
- ^ Rodriguez, Salvador (19 September 2019). "Ex-Facebook engineer posts YouTube videos mocking the culture and joking about how he was fired". CNBC. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
- ^ "Working at Facebook is like a popularity contest, says ex-employee". The Times of India. September 22, 2019. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
- ^ Shyu, Patrick. "YouTube Backstage | Learn the secrets of success on YouTube". YouTube Backstage. Retrieved November 24, 2022.[self-published source?]