SoundCloud cuts jobs, closes SF and London offices

Post by hasbroslasher » Fri, Jul 07, 2017, 12:11 AM UTC

chiefalchemist wrote: post #339

hasbroslasher wrote: post #249

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Bandcamp is fine, but it's not on the level that Soundcloud was for browsing music (or for hosting your own). It's still really limited on the social side - the only way you get "likes" is when people download your stuff, the discovery tools are limited to "what's popular in this tag today" and random curated content. There's no "feed" like Soundcloud had. Also, possibly the most irritating part of the site is that f…

Sounds like BandCamp is leaving a lot of opportunity on the table.

Post by kafkaesq » Fri, Jul 07, 2017, 12:15 AM UTC

kafkaesq wrote: post #288

delegate wrote: post #224

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Could you go into a bit more detail ? What did the Brazilians do / change ? As for ThoughtWorks, I've been at an interview with them and got a strong cultish vibe from the whole thing. Especially when they made it clear that their 'social responsibility pillar' is cool and all, but "we're still a commercial company that needs to make a profit so don't imagine you'll be doing charity here"... I'm curious how the peopl…

Yeah, that's pretty much dead give-away that you're in some kind of stealth cult environment: "We're all big believers in X here. But actually, we don't really believe in X"

Post by [deleted] » Fri, Jul 07, 2017, 12:30 AM UTC

outworlder wrote: post #330

throwaway52342 wrote: post #218

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I was a long-time SC engineer and can confirm, the influx of Brazilians and especially former ThoughtWorks folks was the inflection point in the destruction of the engineering organization. Conniving and intensely political, they absolutely ruined what was a compassionate, innovative, and productive culture.

I know the type. It's unfortunate that you have got a taste of the worst we have to offer. There are entire companies that are composed of nothing but these types. Most do not survive abroad and self select so you tend not to get the bad bunch – unless you reach a critical mass, then it becomes self-sustaining.

Post by agilildo » Fri, Jul 07, 2017, 12:35 AM UTC

thowaway999 wrote: post #185

I was a director of an engineering department for SoundCloud for a time and left several years ago. Frankly none of this should be surprising: nobody there could figure out a product definition nor a monetization plan. What is more: the engineering organization at SoundCloud at large was completely fractured and suffered from in-fighting. Nobody trusted anyone across organizations. There was no shortage of bullying e…

Post by brazillianboy » Fri, Jul 07, 2017, 12:40 AM UTC

throwaway52342 wrote: post #218

thowaway999 wrote: post #185

I was a director of an engineering department for SoundCloud for a time and left several years ago. Frankly none of this should be surprising: nobody there could figure out a product definition nor a monetization plan. What is more: the engineering organization at SoundCloud at large was completely fractured and suffered from in-fighting. Nobody trusted anyone across organizations. There was no shortage of bullying e…

I was a long-time SC engineer and can confirm, the influx of Brazilians and especially former ThoughtWorks folks was the inflection point in the destruction of the engineering organization. Conniving and intensely political, they absolutely ruined what was a compassionate, innovative, and productive culture.