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I don't understand what the problem is. You found a cheaper hosting. Good for you. I don’t think what follows is warranted.
Is Matt Mullenweg defending WordPress or sabotaging it?
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#12he is def fucking it up.
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#13That Google Doc is painful to read. You point at the stars and Matt looks at the finger.
> you can just continue to use WordPress without any impact
That's nice—
> on any other host than WP Engine
That's the whole point, Matt.
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#14Matt’s response to DHH was really some of the pettiest stuff I’ve seen from a major public figure in the tech world
Maybe its a newfound persona, maybe its a new marketing angle, or maybe its just someone going a little unhinged. But all isn’t right in the WordPress world
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#15Both.
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#16If you don't like it, fork it.
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#17One important people to keep in mind as they read this post, the linked Google Doc, and tweets from the past day where a bunch of people are receiving unsolicited DMs[1] from Automattic with grammar that matches Matt's: - Matt, under various guises, is shifting blame to different entities that are effectively himself. - Automattic is Matt. Matt is the CEO of Automattic. - The WordPress Foundation is, effectively, Mat…
"Maybe he's right about WP Engine, but the way he has and continues to handle everything has been disastrous."
This is the best single line distillation of the current lunacy. I mean with every passing day, it all becomes more and more unhinged, and I see no good outcome in the long term. The overall damage to the ecosystem I think begins it's death spiral now.
It's a boon for competitors I suppose, but that's about it.
Re: Is Matt Mullenweg defending WordPress or sabotaging it?
#18Last year, I was contacted out of the blue by an Automattic recruiter who encouraged me to apply for an engineering position there. I was intrigued for a few minutes because I recognized the company and knew they did some really terrific open source work once upon a time. But then I regained my senses... I don't have any kind of reputation or extensive proof of accomplishments or character outside of my resume and re…
Automattic's recruitment process is also... "involved": > Write a thoughtful cover letter, and thorough responses to application questions. I've seen these kind of application questions before. These are not from Automattic but comparable to what I saw from them: "Describe in detail, including the metrics, KPIs and reasoning you used when you launched your previous 0 to 1 product to ensure a good fit to your customer…
Sounds like canonical.
Re: Is Matt Mullenweg defending WordPress or sabotaging it?
#19Last year, I was contacted out of the blue by an Automattic recruiter who encouraged me to apply for an engineering position there. I was intrigued for a few minutes because I recognized the company and knew they did some really terrific open source work once upon a time. But then I regained my senses... I don't have any kind of reputation or extensive proof of accomplishments or character outside of my resume and re…
If it was a recruiter encouraging you to apply, chances are it was a mass campaign to fill the recruiting pipeline. In my experience that’s how recruiters work and the only thing it indicates is that the company has open roles to fill.
Plus the recruiter adds your name to their file and tells future employers that they have x number of great programmers from which to select. You just ++x for the recruiter
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#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
Automattic's recruitment process is also... "involved": > Write a thoughtful cover letter, and thorough responses to application questions. I've seen these kind of application questions before. These are not from Automattic but comparable to what I saw from them: "Describe in detail, including the metrics, KPIs and reasoning you used when you launched your previous 0 to 1 product to ensure a good fit to your customer…
Sounds like canonical.
It's not quite as bad. At least A8C doesn't ask you to talk about what grades you got in high school.