Mozilla Lifeboat

#1

Post by gkoberger » Wed, Aug 12, 2020, 6:16 PM UTC

Mozilla Lifeboat
mozillalifeboat.com

Re: Mozilla Lifeboat

#2

Post by jszymborski » Wed, Aug 12, 2020, 6:27 PM UTC

Given how different their missions are, I'm surprised to see Facebook on this list.

Re: Mozilla Lifeboat

#3

Post by ayakura » Wed, Aug 12, 2020, 6:28 PM UTC

This is a nice gesture and it's good to see people reaching out to those who lost their jobs at Mozilla.

Re: Mozilla Lifeboat

#4

Post by Wowfunhappy » Wed, Aug 12, 2020, 6:30 PM UTC

jszymborski wrote: post #2

Given how different their missions are, I'm surprised to see Facebook on this list.

I was a bit surprised too, but presumably the priority right now is helping their former employees.

Re: Mozilla Lifeboat

#5

Post by soulofmischief » Wed, Aug 12, 2020, 6:33 PM UTC

I hope a few of them go to Element. That's gotta be one of the worst UI/UX's I've ever seen in a chat app and it's 2020. I don't understand why we are perpetually going backwards.

Re: Mozilla Lifeboat

#6

Post by core-questions » Wed, Aug 12, 2020, 6:34 PM UTC

jszymborski wrote: post #2

Given how different their missions are, I'm surprised to see Facebook on this list.

Eh, they need to hire, Mozillians need jobs, typically people who make what a Mozillian made will have a lifestyle that demands they find a new job pretty quickly, so they may not get to be that picky.

Re: Mozilla Lifeboat

#7

Post by signal11 » Wed, Aug 12, 2020, 6:37 PM UTC

Thank you to the MDN and Servo teams for all their hard work.

I wish you well for the future and hope you find a new gig soon.

Re: Mozilla Lifeboat

#8

Post by metajack » Wed, Aug 12, 2020, 6:37 PM UTC

jszymborski wrote: post #2

Given how different their missions are, I'm surprised to see Facebook on this list.

The CTO of FB is an ex-Mozillian. There are quite a few ex-Mozillians here, including myself. Despite Mozilla's public posture that FB is enemy #1, the internal technical culture is more similar than different.

Re: Mozilla Lifeboat

#9

Post by causality0 » Wed, Aug 12, 2020, 6:37 PM UTC

It's very weird that Mozilla is laying off 25% of its workforce while at the same time spending oodles of cash on its Fix The Internet incubator. I'm not a business major; maybe this is normal.

Re: Mozilla Lifeboat

#10

Post by rorykoehler » Wed, Aug 12, 2020, 6:39 PM UTC

core-questions wrote: post #6

jszymborski wrote: post #2

Given how different their missions are, I'm surprised to see Facebook on this list.

Eh, they need to hire, Mozillians need jobs, typically people who make what a Mozillian made will have a lifestyle that demands they find a new job pretty quickly, so they may not get to be that picky.

Capitalism 101.