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GitHub Hires Former Bitnami Co-Founder Erica Brescia as COO

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Re: GitHub Hires Former Bitnami Co-Founder Erica Brescia as COO

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Post by ceejayoz »

warp_factor wrote: post #20
skinnymuch wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why do you feel that way?

VMWare has annual revenue of about 9B$. Github.... 300M$ Github is way more hyped accross engineers but VMWare is 30 times bigger! VMWare is simply one league above Github. Github is a Business Departement part of Microsoft. VMWare is a huge company. This is the typical fallacy of B2C vs B2B. Consumer products are way more hyped and therefore people think they are way bigger than other less famous B2B Enterprise prod…

Would you rather eat the world's largest steak, or the world's best steak?

Plus, a VP at VMware isn't going to be in charge of that whole $9B like a COO is. Bitnami is going to be a "Business Departement" too.

Re: GitHub Hires Former Bitnami Co-Founder Erica Brescia as COO

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Post by saalweachter »

ceejayoz wrote: post #21
warp_factor wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

VMWare has annual revenue of about 9B$. Github.... 300M$ Github is way more hyped accross engineers but VMWare is 30 times bigger! VMWare is simply one league above Github. Github is a Business Departement part of Microsoft. VMWare is a huge company. This is the typical fallacy of B2C vs B2B. Consumer products are way more hyped and therefore people think they are way bigger than other less famous B2B Enterprise prod…

Would you rather eat the world's largest steak, or the world's best steak? Plus, a VP at VMware isn't going to be in charge of that whole $9B like a COO is. Bitnami is going to be a "Business Departement" too.

How big of a steak are we talking here?

Re: GitHub Hires Former Bitnami Co-Founder Erica Brescia as COO

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Post by threeseed »

warp_factor wrote: post #20
skinnymuch wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why do you feel that way?

VMWare has annual revenue of about 9B$. Github.... 300M$ Github is way more hyped accross engineers but VMWare is 30 times bigger! VMWare is simply one league above Github. Github is a Business Departement part of Microsoft. VMWare is a huge company. This is the typical fallacy of B2C vs B2B. Consumer products are way more hyped and therefore people think they are way bigger than other less famous B2B Enterprise prod…

Have you worked as an executive in an enterprise company ? It really isn't everyone's cup of tea. There is far more bureaucracy, politics, considerations than a small or medium company and your ability to meaningfully effect change is much more limited.

Most people with experience in this area would appreciate that one isn't better than the another. They are just different.

Re: GitHub Hires Former Bitnami Co-Founder Erica Brescia as COO

#24

Post by skinnymuch »

warp_factor wrote: post #20
skinnymuch wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why do you feel that way?

VMWare has annual revenue of about 9B$. Github.... 300M$ Github is way more hyped accross engineers but VMWare is 30 times bigger! VMWare is simply one league above Github. Github is a Business Departement part of Microsoft. VMWare is a huge company. This is the typical fallacy of B2C vs B2B. Consumer products are way more hyped and therefore people think they are way bigger than other less famous B2B Enterprise prod…

Yes, VMWare is a league above GitHub. I doubt many in this thread think otherwise. But a VP is a league below a COO. And Bitnami is a league below GitHub. And a VP of VMWare doesn’t work with all $9B of rev VMWare is doing.

Re: GitHub Hires Former Bitnami Co-Founder Erica Brescia as COO

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Post by gexla »

skinnymuch wrote: post #24
warp_factor wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

VMWare has annual revenue of about 9B$. Github.... 300M$ Github is way more hyped accross engineers but VMWare is 30 times bigger! VMWare is simply one league above Github. Github is a Business Departement part of Microsoft. VMWare is a huge company. This is the typical fallacy of B2C vs B2B. Consumer products are way more hyped and therefore people think they are way bigger than other less famous B2B Enterprise prod…

Yes, VMWare is a league above GitHub. I doubt many in this thread think otherwise. But a VP is a league below a COO. And Bitnami is a league below GitHub. And a VP of VMWare doesn’t work with all $9B of rev VMWare is doing.

Most of the article explains why she took this job. My take-away is that she saw Github as a growing company and she would be taking on similar challenges as her previous COO duties.

Re: GitHub Hires Former Bitnami Co-Founder Erica Brescia as COO

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Post by wolco »

ztratar wrote: post #9
throwawaythat1 wrote: post #3

Didn't bitnami get acquired less than a month ago? How come the co-founder moves out so quickly? Was it an acqui-hire? Atleast https://blog.bitnami.com/2019/05/vmware-to-acquire-bitnami.h... talks about doubling down and what not but the co-founder has moved on already?

Would you rather be COO of Github, or a VP at VMWare?

Both roles sound great from my prespective

Re: GitHub Hires Former Bitnami Co-Founder Erica Brescia as COO

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Post by throwaway66666 »

onion2k wrote: post #5
throwawaythat1 wrote: post #3

Didn't bitnami get acquired less than a month ago? How come the co-founder moves out so quickly? Was it an acqui-hire? Atleast https://blog.bitnami.com/2019/05/vmware-to-acquire-bitnami.h... talks about doubling down and what not but the co-founder has moved on already?

How come the co-founder moves out so quickly? It happens. Sometimes a founder doesn't want to be part of the new organisation and negotiates a quick departure as part of their terms. If all parties are happy it's fine, and not a sign of anything negative.

Additionally when people want to leave but an acquisition is in progress, they might want to wait and finish their role during due diligence and term setting, and leave on good terms afterwards, than a hasty leave that might raise red flags and endanger the process.

(not implying that this is what happened here, just adding a scenario where that happens)

Re: GitHub Hires Former Bitnami Co-Founder Erica Brescia as COO

#29

Post by ionised »

warp_factor wrote: post #20
skinnymuch wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why do you feel that way?

VMWare has annual revenue of about 9B$. Github.... 300M$ Github is way more hyped accross engineers but VMWare is 30 times bigger! VMWare is simply one league above Github. Github is a Business Departement part of Microsoft. VMWare is a huge company. This is the typical fallacy of B2C vs B2B. Consumer products are way more hyped and therefore people think they are way bigger than other less famous B2B Enterprise prod…

Is revenue the only thing you consider when looking for a new role?

Re: GitHub Hires Former Bitnami Co-Founder Erica Brescia as COO

#30

Post by warp_factor »

ionised wrote: post #29
warp_factor wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

VMWare has annual revenue of about 9B$. Github.... 300M$ Github is way more hyped accross engineers but VMWare is 30 times bigger! VMWare is simply one league above Github. Github is a Business Departement part of Microsoft. VMWare is a huge company. This is the typical fallacy of B2C vs B2B. Consumer products are way more hyped and therefore people think they are way bigger than other less famous B2B Enterprise prod…

Is revenue the only thing you consider when looking for a new role?

I was highlighting that the "famous" and "cool" name of GitHub doesn't tell the whole story
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