Patrick Shyu
Patrick Shyu, also known as TechLead, is a social media personality, entrepreneur, and former Google and Facebook employee. He is known for his posts about the software industry.
Career
Shyu worked at Google's San Bruno, California office for almost four years. He then joined Facebook in May 2018. Shyu was fired by Facebook on August 26, 2019, for reasons he attributes to his own YouTube channel. He posted many videos in the immediate aftermath of his firing. Shyu estimated in 2019 that he was making $500,000 from his YouTube channel, more than either of his prior employers paid him per year.[1] Shyu has been particularly negative about Facebook's working culture, comparing it to a popularity contest, and disliking the attention that employees give to Workplace, the company's internal social network.[2]
In 2021, Shyu, who often introduces himself as a millionaire in his YouTube videos, launched a cryptocurrency called Million Token. Observers compared Million Token to a pump and dump scheme as it sold initially for $1.00 USD, then jumped to $36.87 three days later, then two days later had fallen by 51%. Traders observed that Shyu was removing liquidity from Million Coin's market without selling any tokens, creating artificial scarcity.[3]
Shyu has founded companies offering computer-based training. He founded AlgoPro as a competitor to another existing interview training site named AlgoExpert. When people complained about the perceived similarity of the two sites, Shyu registered the similar domain algoexpert.com to redirect to AlgoPro.[4] He later founded Tech Interview Pro.[5] His other training companies include YouTube Backstage, which teaches students about running a YouTube channel as a business,[6] and DeFi Pro, an online course on decentralized finance.[7]
Criticism
In May 2022, many Twitter users criticized Shyu for a series of tweets he posted about women in tech. In a tweet that he later deleted, Shyu said that when he worked at Google, he "rejected all women on-the-spot and trashed their resumes in front of them."[8] Following up on these tweets, Shyu wrote, "Women shouldn't code … perhaps be influencers/creators instead. It's their natural strength." [ellipsis in original] His posts attracted opposition from women and men on Twitter.[9]
Shyu, in a video entitled "Why Diversity is garbage (as an ex-Google tech lead)", opposed diversity in computing programs such as those that intend to increase female representation in tech. He also produced a video entitled "Exposing #BlackLivesMatter: it's just reverse-racism." which attracted criticism.[4]
YouTuber Stephen Findeisen, also known as "Coffeezilla", accused Shyu of getting two YouTube copyright strikes against Tren Black, a YouTuber who had criticized Shyu. Findeisen said that Shyu and Matt Tran, who Black had also criticized, threatened to dox Black unless Black took his critical videos down.[10]
References
- ↑ Rodriguez, Salvador (19 September 2019). "Ex-Facebook engineer posts YouTube videos mocking the culture and joking about how he was fired". CNBC. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
- ↑ "Working at Facebook is like a popularity contest, says ex-employee". The Times of India. September 22, 2019. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
- ↑ Sriram, Samyuktha (July 6, 2021). "Crypto Community Accuses Former Google Tech Lead Of Scamming Investors As Million Token Crashes". Benzinga. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Spears, Baylor (September 9, 2020). "Patrick Shyu: One of the Most Polarizing Figures in Tech". Candor. Retrieved November 24, 2022.
- ↑ "TechLead Patrick Shyu Called Out For Sexist Comments: Male Privilege Entails And How- Report". SheThePeople. May 24, 2022. Retrieved November 24, 2022.
- ↑ Shyu, Patrick. "YouTube Backstage | Learn the secrets of success on YouTube". YouTube Backstage. Retrieved November 24, 2022.[self-published source?]
- ↑ Shyu, Patrick. "DeFi Pro - Decentralized Finance Course". DeFi Pro.[self-published source?]
- ↑ Teh, Cheryl (May 26, 2022). "A former Google tech lead bragged on Twitter about how he used to trash women's résumés in front of them: 'Go have some kids'". Business Insider. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
- ↑ Begani, Meghana (24 May 2022). "Youtuber Called Out For Sexist Tweets About Female Programmers". TheQuint. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
- ↑ Rankovic, Didi (May 1, 2020). "YouTube copyright system accused of enabling doxxing, leading to alleged threats to creator". Reclaim The Net. Retrieved November 24, 2022.
External links
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