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Next Tech Role Model
But already a few years old, have we reached ‘Peak Hoodie?’ That is, are we past the halfway point on Zuck as main influence for a generation of technologists. And if so, who will be the next role model and what values will they espouse?
I see the responses to this post include a lot of successful web founders, but there is a certain homogeneity to those names. My playbook counts Jack Ma of Alibaba, Rashmi Sinha of SlideShare, Venky Harinaryan of Kosmix as good role models.
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Sincerely, Om –
Are you kidding?
Half the upper brass at Alibaba was thrown out for corruption.
And, they resorted to ugly (corrupt) home-nation politics to “steal” Yahoo ownership cheaply.
Not role model stuff, at all.
The XiaoMi (crowdsourced mobile phone) CEO Is a much better candidate.
谢谢你所有的文章。
Aaron Swartz is a terrific role model too. Forsake personal wealth for the collective good.
Surely Elon Musk deserves a place on any list like this one.
Well, #3 doesn’t have an ideological axe to grind.