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He was CTO, why would infrastructure guy ever be held responsible for poor overall performance? It's not rocket science, nor F1 team
by paulftw 11y ago
He was CTO, why would infrastructure guy ever be held responsible for poor overall performance? It's not rocket science, nor F1 team
- kevin_thibedeau 11y agoShit flows downhill and they needed a scapegoat to make the board happy. The general public doesn't know what a CTO does so problem solved nice and neat.
- knowaveragejoe 11y agoI would disagree along the lines that the general public didn't even know there was a problem. I'm still not even sure what the issue was, myself(besides the usual complaints about paypal).
- tyingq 11y agoFrom his bio page: "In 2011, James moved over to PayPal, first as vice president of global product development and, beginning in 2012, as chief technology officer. In 2015, he expanded his role to also lead the Payment Services business in PayPal, a global team that powers the efficient movement of money and rewards into, out of, and within the PayPal network." So, he was CTO/Infrastructure Guy, then they added on SVP Payment Services some time last year, which sounds like it has a lot to do with overall performance.
- dragonwriter 11y ago> He was CTO ...and Senior VP Payment Services. > why would infrastructure guy ever be held responsible for poor overall performance? Payment Services is a pretty central business function for PayPal.
- Swannie 11y agoCTO can also be a product person, or at the very least they should be tightly integrated into the product development lifecycle. A CTO that is just an "infrastructure guy" is not a CTO by any measure I've seen. ALL C-level's are responsible for company results.