“We don’t do things like anybody else. If you come here and say, ‘This is how we did it before,’ we don’t care. We’re about doing things differently and better. When we were just twenty-five people, Jensen taught us to come here, take risks, do things outside the box, and make mistakes. I encourage you to do all three. But don’t make the same mistake twice, because we will fire you in a heartbeat.” Hara meant it, too. John McSorley, Nvidia’s former head of human resources, said that the company had a policy of hiring quickly—but also of firing fast if a new employee wasn’t working out.
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