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Why I Initially Misunderstood Snowflake CEO Frank Slootman’s Comments But Still Find Them Disappointing
4 min readJun 7, 2021
Update: Frank Slootman released a new statement on Monday 6/7. Added what I mentioned below was unfortunately not said in his earlier interview.
“The truth is that all individuals are not treated equally. No serious person can believe otherwise. All individuals don’t…