Thank You, Nat.
Thank you, GitHub
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Re: Thank you, GitHub
#102Earlier quoted context omitted.
He integrated Github with Microsoft and didn't screw it up. That is quite an accomplishment honestly.
There's plenty of time for this to happen...
well, not anymore, as he's no longer the CEO. Unless you count that as screwing up (which it might well be)
Re: Thank you, GitHub
#103Earlier quoted context omitted.
When you are a company leader, your words can have a material effect on your business. This is doubly so true at a disruptive point like leadership exits. Of course words are going to be delicately chosen? That being said I didn't notice anything particularly offensive about this letter. He describes the accomplishments under his watch, expresses gratitude for employees, and expresses confidence in his successor.
There is one particular corporate leader who speaks their mind and has made a tremendous impact on the world. So, it's not clear if it has anything to do with polished big-corp language. I'd rather listen to someone who is straightforward than Sundar Pichai speaking entirely in corporate-speak while saying absolutely nothing of value or substance. Completely uninspiring. All corporate speak is rather an invention of…
Why is one thing a corporate persona and the other "speaking their mind"? I think most CEOs are good at cultivating a personal brand that speaks to the people they want to be reaching out to.
Musk is equally if not more pompous with his nuggets of wisdom, and offers no value or substance either.
Re: Thank you, GitHub
#104Earlier quoted context omitted.
I actually thought OP's take was very pertinent to the situation. ...which was riddled with phrases like: "With all that we’ve accomplished in mind, and more than five great years at Microsoft under my belt, I’ve decided it’s time for me to go back to my startup roots. What drives me is enabling builders to create the future. Not even Clark Kent could be this braggadocios.
Sorry, what’s bad about that?
If you start from the assumption that it is meaningless and insincere, then it is eye-rollingly vapid.
If you start from the assumption that it is a genuine attempt to put messy feelings into concise words, then it is a bit lacks vividness but is nonetheless heartfelt.
When you choose not to trust someone, you make them untrustworthy.
Re: Thank you, GitHub
#105Earlier quoted context omitted.
Obnoxious comment and perfect example of how toxic this place has become.
Are you kidding? Even the title is intentionally uninformative clickbait.
How so? My first thought when reading the title and seeing it was a GitHub blog was that someone was probably leaving the company. Do you expect someone leaving their company to title their goodbye blog post like "John Doe leaving GitHub"?
Re: Thank you, GitHub
#106Is this a sign of the continued progression of GitHub to be further molded in Microsoft's image? Usually there's a churn in leadership when the alignment isn't there anymore, though it's typically accompanied by graceful public communication.
Nat wasn't originally at Github. He was already at Microsoft through the Xamarin acquisition and was installed as Github CEO post acquisition.
Re: Thank you, GitHub
#107Earlier quoted context omitted.
Nat is a mogul in SV. Everyone knows him, many even before GitHub. Simply walking away from GitHub without much of a speech would make it seem like he didn't care or left on bad terms, optics-wise. That would have a potentially serious effect on perception and thus shareholders would be affected. This clearly isn't his intent. I offer a contrary point of view: why does it bother you so much? Simply do not read it.
You need to read enough to be sick to realize what it is. In part because even the title is clickbait. Even the tl;dr manages to inject some platitudes before getting to the point. - And you're arguing a strawman. The comment you replied to never implied he shouldn't say farewell. They're complaining about how utterly insincere it comes across being blasted full of every trite corporate saying in existence If anythin…
> I wonder why it upsets you that someone would complain about this though, do you have a personal attachment to Nat?
Please point to where I implied I was at all upset.
Re: Thank you, GitHub
#108Things Nat Friedman could have done, but didn't, while CEO of GitHub: stop the use of GitHub Enterprise in organizations that operate concentration camps. https://www.vice.com/amp/en/article/m7jpgy/open-source-commu...
Hate to see this downvoted, and glad it got vouched. This is my number one gripe with GitHub and is frequently dismissed as a conspiracy when it is very real. GitHub does nothing because nobody cares, and that's a sad state of affairs.
People can care and not think that version control software providers should start to denying service to governmental agencies.
Re: Thank you, GitHub
#109Stayed long enough to screw up the Azure DevOps future, but not long enough to make GitHub a viable alternative.
Staying on this subject, how is the Azure DevOps phase-out going? When can I expect to see a "migrate now!" button?