Jensen insisted that new hires should know exactly what they were getting into the moment they walked in the door.2 He tasked Michael Hara, Nvidia’s director of marketing, with giving a frank talk at every orientation session. As Hara recalls, his speech was intended to encourage new arrivals to not be afraid of speaking up and to offer fresh perspectives and new ideas at every opportunity. “We’re ultra-aggressive,” he told the new employees. “We don’t waste time finding excuses for why things don’t work. We move on. If you came here thinking you can just hide in the back, collect your
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