Was Bogusky a real life Patrick Bateman? From some podcasts I’ve heard, it felt eluded to that he was a psycho, but few would outright say it. And from the people I’ve met who’ve worked for him, he legitimately sounded like a sociopath. I’m just genuinely curious.

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Which podcasts. I've listened to a ton with people who came up at CPB during their best years.

He never sounded sociopathic. Just demanding. A bit of a bottleneck at times. But everyone I've heard talk about it seems to have fond memories.

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Which podcasts?

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Just ego, like anyone who kills it in any field and has thousands of people swooning for them.

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Why not? Should Muhammad Ali have called himself the “Humblest”? Being the best and proud of it is ok in my book.

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I used to work there as a junior years back. I didn't get a lot of face time with him, but most people had a story about him being rude or abrasive. He did once say to me "I'm not your friend" when I tried to make small talk in the elevator, but he was smiling when he said it.

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Yep. Seems kind of sadistic to me. Casual cruelty.

Worked for him. I don’t think so.

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Alluded. Eluded would mean to escape or evade.

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I’ve heard he’d call all agencies meetings, just to tell everyone they’re all replaceable.

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And in the articles about him, he takes credit. Not all the people working their butts off.

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what’re the stories you’ve heard?

I’m interested now too...

Never worked with him, but probably just Steve Jobs syndrome — demanding excellence at all costs. And it worked. I heard Chuck Porter speak and he joked that you could come to CPB for a year and coast the rest of your career. That used to be true in this industry.

@SVP — Don’t know enough about Jobs. I’ll take your word on it.

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