Jedberg leaves reddit

#1

Post by kacy » Fri, Jun 17, 2011, 5:25 PM UTC

Jedberg leaves reddit
reddit.com

Re: Jedberg leaves reddit

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Post by starnix17 » Fri, Jun 17, 2011, 5:36 PM UTC

What are the odds he ends up at Hipmunk?

It's not mentioned at all in the post, but it seems like a lot of ex-reddit employees end up there.

Re: Jedberg leaves reddit

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Post by Hovertruck » Fri, Jun 17, 2011, 5:47 PM UTC

Wow, I just watched him give a presentation on reddit architecture at Velocity yesterday. Shame to see him go.

Re: Jedberg leaves reddit

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Post by kacy » Fri, Jun 17, 2011, 5:49 PM UTC

He was employee number one and I think the last remaining link to the founding team (not sure). I've got a lot of respect for him, especially after meeting him in person when I toured the office earlier this year. His commute was over 2 hours each day, and he had to deal with all the scaling issues with amazon almost single-handedly, not to mention the Saturday nights that were devoted to keeping the site up.

I wish you the best, dude. Hopefully you'll join hipmunk! :-)

Re: Jedberg leaves reddit

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Post by blhack » Fri, Jun 17, 2011, 5:49 PM UTC

IMHO, this is a major, major loss for reddit. Jedberg, I know you read HN -- you were a hugely important part of that community; any time there was about to be a user revolt, it seemed like a red-lettered Jedberg would pop up in the thread to calm everybody down.

I don't think you were technically a community manager (were you?) but you did a damn good job at it anyway.

Re: Jedberg leaves reddit

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Post by ivanbernat » Fri, Jun 17, 2011, 5:55 PM UTC

A guy with so much knowledge about running such a huge site probably has hundreds of job offers. Best of luck Jedberg, wish you all the best!

Re: Jedberg leaves reddit

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Post by fragsworth » Fri, Jun 17, 2011, 6:01 PM UTC

4 years, I wonder if his shares just fully vested and he's been waiting for it.

Re: Jedberg leaves reddit

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Post by rottencupcakes » Fri, Jun 17, 2011, 6:04 PM UTC

starnix17 wrote: post #2

What are the odds he ends up at Hipmunk? It's not mentioned at all in the post, but it seems like a lot of ex-reddit employees end up there.

He confirms he isn't in the thread:

> Not leaving to work at Hipmunk? Breaking tradition eh?

> Jedberg: Nah, they're full up on awesomeness already.

http://www.reddit.com/r/blog/comments/i29yk/all_good_things/...

Re: Jedberg leaves reddit

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Post by eggbrain » Fri, Jun 17, 2011, 6:14 PM UTC

The biggest question I have is: why are so many people leaving Reddit?

Over the past few months, the site has grown continuously yet the people that have been the driving force of the site seem to be leaving just as the site is hitting its peak. What has changed?

Re: Jedberg leaves reddit

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Post by Hovertruck » Fri, Jun 17, 2011, 6:16 PM UTC

eggbrain wrote: post #9

The biggest question I have is: why are so many people leaving Reddit? Over the past few months, the site has grown continuously yet the people that have been the driving force of the site seem to be leaving just as the site is hitting its peak. What has changed?

There's a lot to be said for wanting to work in small teams. I know the growth isn't that dramatic, but it's perfectly reasonable to step away and start something new if the new environment isn't ideal for you.