Reddit Names Marty Weiner, Early Engineer at Pinterest, Its First CTO
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Re: Reddit Names Marty Weiner, Early Engineer at Pinterest, Its First CTO
#2There are comments from /u/spez and /u/jedberg on the reddit thread:
/u/spez: "I cannot overstate how excited we are for Marty to join us!"
/u/jedberg: "Omg /u/spez. Worst decision ever!
I am of course totally kidding. I've spent a lot of time talking to Marty about both technology and engineering culture (even specifically reddit's technology) and I can't think of a better choice than Marty to be CTO of reddit! Just don't let /u/MrWeiner anywhere near a console."
https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/3hgni3/reddit_n...
Re: Reddit Names Marty Weiner, Early Engineer at Pinterest, Its First CTO
#3I met Marty Weiner last summer. Really nice down to earth guy.
Re: Reddit Names Marty Weiner, Early Engineer at Pinterest, Its First CTO
#4ok
Re: Reddit Names Marty Weiner, Early Engineer at Pinterest, Its First CTO
#5What is a "founding engineer"? It must not mean founder, since then one would just say "founder". It's clearly not Director of Engineering, CTO, or VP o E.
I had just assumed this was new phrasing used by recruiters and business people trying to get early engineer hires that they don't want to give a real title to (because if/when the company grows they'll bring in adults to run things and get those titles.)
Note, seriously asking - and not trying to take imply anything negative about Marty's (whom I don't know) abilities, or contributions to Pinterest.
Re: Reddit Names Marty Weiner, Early Engineer at Pinterest, Its First CTO
#6What is a "founding engineer"? It must not mean founder, since then one would just say "founder". It's clearly not Director of Engineering, CTO, or VP o E. I had just assumed this was new phrasing used by recruiters and business people trying to get early engineer hires that they don't want to give a real title to (because if/when the company grows they'll bring in adults to run things and get those titles.) Note, se…
likely first or second employee that joined the company
Re: Reddit Names Marty Weiner, Early Engineer at Pinterest, Its First CTO
#7What is a "founding engineer"? It must not mean founder, since then one would just say "founder". It's clearly not Director of Engineering, CTO, or VP o E. I had just assumed this was new phrasing used by recruiters and business people trying to get early engineer hires that they don't want to give a real title to (because if/when the company grows they'll bring in adults to run things and get those titles.) Note, se…
Former head of engineering at Pinterest here. Marty was one of the first three engineers at the company. He is an amazing guy -- smart, personable, fun to work with.
This is a boon for Reddit and as a Reddit user I'm very excited. Fortunately Pinterest has a strong bench and can afford to share the wealth of their amazing engineering team.
Re: Reddit Names Marty Weiner, Early Engineer at Pinterest, Its First CTO
#8What is a "founding engineer"? It must not mean founder, since then one would just say "founder". It's clearly not Director of Engineering, CTO, or VP o E. I had just assumed this was new phrasing used by recruiters and business people trying to get early engineer hires that they don't want to give a real title to (because if/when the company grows they'll bring in adults to run things and get those titles.) Note, se…
Same way the Mercury Seven were "founding astronauts": the first class, the inaugural group, etc.
Re: Reddit Names Marty Weiner, Early Engineer at Pinterest, Its First CTO
#9What are the technology challenges is Reddit facing? Clearly not scaling as it's been pretty reliable. New features? What more feature does one need from Reddit? It's pretty good for what it's doing.
Re: Reddit Names Marty Weiner, Early Engineer at Pinterest, Its First CTO
#10What are the technology challenges is Reddit facing? Clearly not scaling as it's been pretty reliable. New features? What more feature does one need from Reddit? It's pretty good for what it's doing.
The moderation tools are absolutely archaic. Moderating any subreddit of sufficient size requires a small army of bots and third party tools.
Basic forum moderation tools like IP banning persistent troublemakers and spammers are still not available.