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Wired and Engadget hesitated and passed on the iPhone 4 scoop
“I know he contacted Wired, and he contacted another publication, maybe Engadget, and they all started just kind of like, not sure what to do. They didn't have a plan, and they were slow.”
Brian Lam describes Wired editors as inexperienced and hostile managers
“I would say that I learned how I don't want to manage people there, to be honest. People were not experienced managers. I remember asking one editor a question about, like, how the magazine was made, and I got thrown out of the office for asking that question.”
Brian Lam: Advancing at Wired required fitting a specific corporate mold
“I kind of feel like it's just like most of America, where you have to look and be from a certain background or way to advance. So for me, like, I didn't smell like an editor there. And you know, like, frankly, I'm not that smart. I'm not that intellectual. I'm…”