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Mamdani Hires Lisa Gelobter as Chief Tech Officer

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Re: Mamdani Hires Lisa Gelobter as Chief Tech Officer

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Post by ch4s3 »

bob001 wrote: post #9
andsoitis wrote: post #2

https://archive.is/fM36L Lisa Gelobter, whose work helped shape the modern web, was also on the launch team at Hulu. Ms. Gelobter was the director of program management at Macromedia where she helped develop Shockwave into a web plug-in that allowed for video games and animation on the web, turning still images into moving GIFs — animated images known as a graphics interchange format. Notably absent on resume and in…

The job is 99% program management and 1% tech. It’s the government. Anyone focused on tech will burn out in 2 weeks and quit loudly via twitter. You know, like DOGE.

Every tech person I know who tried to work in NYC government burned out rather quickly. The government is so sclerotic and shackled to laws meant to break up the Tammany Hall machine that its impossible to do anything good or fast.

Re: Mamdani Hires Lisa Gelobter as Chief Tech Officer

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Post by averysmallbird »

jordanb wrote: post #10
andsoitis wrote: post #2

https://archive.is/fM36L Lisa Gelobter, whose work helped shape the modern web, was also on the launch team at Hulu. Ms. Gelobter was the director of program management at Macromedia where she helped develop Shockwave into a web plug-in that allowed for video games and animation on the web, turning still images into moving GIFs — animated images known as a graphics interchange format. Notably absent on resume and in…

This made me laugh but then I remembered I'm on HN and you're probably serious.

The response to GP is a credit to HN though too.

Re: Mamdani Hires Lisa Gelobter as Chief Tech Officer

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Post by CharlieDigital »

andsoitis wrote: post #2

https://archive.is/fM36L Lisa Gelobter, whose work helped shape the modern web, was also on the launch team at Hulu. Ms. Gelobter was the director of program management at Macromedia where she helped develop Shockwave into a web plug-in that allowed for video games and animation on the web, turning still images into moving GIFs — animated images known as a graphics interchange format. Notably absent on resume and in…

CTO is typically an executive position, not an IC position.

The CTO at my $500m, YC, series-C startup is not the most technical member of the staff, does not have the broadest technical knowledge, is not the most experienced, nor is he the best in any single technical field in our team.

You misunderstand the role of the CTO in most orgs. His job is to guide technical strategy based on where business is headed. Manage staffing levels, general technical org operations, manage people, be the final arbiter on some org-level technical decisions based on business strategy alignment.

Re: Mamdani Hires Lisa Gelobter as Chief Tech Officer

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Post by ChrisArchitect »

What is this business about her role in GIFs? She helped invent Macromedia Shockwave.... Not remembering any kind of connection between those things... I mean, animated GIFs were already a thing that popularized on their own.... nothing to do with Shockwave really. Just both contributing at the same time to popularizing or encouraging the use of animation on the web, yeah?

Re: Mamdani Hires Lisa Gelobter as Chief Tech Officer

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Post by steveBK123 »

ch4s3 wrote: post #11
bob001 wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The job is 99% program management and 1% tech. It’s the government. Anyone focused on tech will burn out in 2 weeks and quit loudly via twitter. You know, like DOGE.

Every tech person I know who tried to work in NYC government burned out rather quickly. The government is so sclerotic and shackled to laws meant to break up the Tammany Hall machine that its impossible to do anything good or fast.

A lot of stuff gets bid out, and the procurement process is overly burdensome...

Which results in a limited number of qualified bidders collecting rents, and then subbing out the work to subs who then sub it out further.. such that its all done offshore for peanuts while we pay real money to some schmuck who ticked the right boxes in order to collect said rents.

Re: Mamdani Hires Lisa Gelobter as Chief Tech Officer

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Post by Finnucane »

andsoitis wrote: post #2

https://archive.is/fM36L Lisa Gelobter, whose work helped shape the modern web, was also on the launch team at Hulu. Ms. Gelobter was the director of program management at Macromedia where she helped develop Shockwave into a web plug-in that allowed for video games and animation on the web, turning still images into moving GIFs — animated images known as a graphics interchange format. Notably absent on resume and in…

>Notably absent on resume and in the news article is proficiency in AI or machine learning,

You say that like it's a bad thing.

Re: Mamdani Hires Lisa Gelobter as Chief Tech Officer

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Post by jihadjihad »

andsoitis wrote: post #2

https://archive.is/fM36L Lisa Gelobter, whose work helped shape the modern web, was also on the launch team at Hulu. Ms. Gelobter was the director of program management at Macromedia where she helped develop Shockwave into a web plug-in that allowed for video games and animation on the web, turning still images into moving GIFs — animated images known as a graphics interchange format. Notably absent on resume and in…

There's still time to add the /s

Re: Mamdani Hires Lisa Gelobter as Chief Tech Officer

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Post by [deleted] »

ChrisArchitect wrote: post #14

What is this business about her role in GIFs? She helped invent Macromedia Shockwave.... Not remembering any kind of connection between those things... I mean, animated GIFs were already a thing that popularized on their own.... nothing to do with Shockwave really. Just both contributing at the same time to popularizing or encouraging the use of animation on the web, yeah?

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Re: Mamdani Hires Lisa Gelobter as Chief Tech Officer

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Post by fillskills »

andsoitis wrote: post #2

https://archive.is/fM36L Lisa Gelobter, whose work helped shape the modern web, was also on the launch team at Hulu. Ms. Gelobter was the director of program management at Macromedia where she helped develop Shockwave into a web plug-in that allowed for video games and animation on the web, turning still images into moving GIFs — animated images known as a graphics interchange format. Notably absent on resume and in…

Unnecessarily being voted down. Post is adding some information. Doesnt violate any HN rules. cc @dang

Re: Mamdani Hires Lisa Gelobter as Chief Tech Officer

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Post by Larrikin »

andsoitis wrote: post #2

https://archive.is/fM36L Lisa Gelobter, whose work helped shape the modern web, was also on the launch team at Hulu. Ms. Gelobter was the director of program management at Macromedia where she helped develop Shockwave into a web plug-in that allowed for video games and animation on the web, turning still images into moving GIFs — animated images known as a graphics interchange format. Notably absent on resume and in…

Good?

Seems like she was there when Hulu was great and when Macromedia was great.

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