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As most people who have worked in engineering at large companies can attest, there are entrenched dinosaurs who have worked themselves up the management chain due to inertia. This is such an example. They are almost always out of their depth technically, and are great at taking credit for the work of others. There are people in this comments section, and online claiming she invented Adobe Shockwave.

This article claims she invented Adobe Shockwave while holding the title of "Director of Program Management".

https://www.govtech.com/workforce/tech-and-gif-pioneer-lisa-...

There are disparate sources online from Facebook and Instagram claiming she invented GIFs.

There are (incorrect) AI summaries when searching her name on Google that claim she invented Adobe Shockwave and GIFs.

[rozap]

Even her Wikipedia page seems to have been edited by her #1 fan. It reads:

   Gelobter enrolled in Brown University in 1987, eventually graduating in 2011 with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science with a concentration in artificial intelligence and machine learning.[3] Gelobter’s journey was full of resilience and dedication. She often took breaks off school due to financial challenges and she worked as a Teaching Assistant (TA) during school semesters, even when she wasn’t fully enrolled.

What in the world? That's not even remotely close to the tone that wiki articles are supposed to be.

We've all encountered people like this who are good at climbing the chain. Big oof.

[AnimalMuppet]

The Director of Program Management may have had the initial, vague idea. Is that "invented"? It almost certainly wasn't "implemented the first working prototype"...