[pierrebai]

Was it firing was it not? It's all semantics, people on both sides of the fence have legitimate reasons to choose one over the other. Get over it.

The real interesting bit, is that Paul Graham somehow thought it was worthwhile to stick his neck out and improve Sam Altman public image by clarifying he was ever fired from YC.

[tptacek]

It was, obviously, not a firing.

[Barrin92]

Just like Ilya wasn't fired from OpenAI right, he just left slowly, amicably, and very thankfully

Of course all these people were fired, it's just in the world of very important VC and tech guys, just like in the world of politicians and bureaucrats you can't say that, because 'being fired' is for the desk clerks and floor moppers. Very important executive Bob of course wasn't fired, he choose to spend time with his family

[ahahahahah]

A: Hey B, you must stop doing this thing or we'll need to replace you.

B: Ok, I can't do that. You can replace me

B proceeds to be replaced and no longer works there

Some time later...

T: obviously, B was not fired.

[_giorgio_]

What. Semantics. What.