Comment by Atothe4
5 years ago
Nah, I don't think that's why he did it.
You say he reached out to you and asked if you liked Python. He probably wanted to roll out Python and was looking for someone who wanted to do it. If he told someone to do something they weren't passionate about, they would fail. He wanted to make sure it succeeded, so he reached out to you.
If he's such a bigshot and everyone was frightened of him, he must not have been afraid of them. When he said, "you wouldn't get fired," he probably meant what he said. He was giving you air cover. And it worked. When the gnomes came out after you, you just sent them to him. And they didn't bother you again.
I can imagine how the conversation went:
"Armen, did you tell Sean to install Python"
"No, did he"?
"Yes he did!"
"Great!!"
Now the gnomes are on their backfoot and have to defend why Sean shouldn't install Python If this guy Armen told you to do it, Armen has to defend himself to them.
Hehe. Well I guess you would have a unique insight into his thought process. ;-) But yes indeed that's certainly another explanation and it did indeed work that way.
Air cover is crucial, but you can't take land without good boots on the ground ;)
Well thanks for the air cover, and for all the other opportunities you provided for me and others at GS. I really appreciate it. It was an amazing time and I learned a great deal.