For employees at every level, the focus on excellence in one’s work, rather than on internal politics, is reason enough to commit to the company. The type of person who jockeys for position more than he or she contributes to the broader good will struggle at Nvidia. “Some companies will prefer these kinds of people, but not Nvidia,” former GPU architect Li-Yi Wei said. “You can be 100 percent focused on the technology side without worrying about everything else.”6 In fact, Nvidia actively resists the emergence of the kind of cutthroat culture that most other organizations foster, intentionally
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