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Do you have any arguments to prove this thesis? If not, then you are rightfully downvoted.
by adambyrtek 16y ago
Do you have any arguments to prove this thesis? If not, then you are rightfully downvoted.
- batasrki 16y agoHe gets downvoted anyway, simply for the backhanded compliment he just served up.
- code_duck 16y agoI think this is somewhat similar to that, yes. "Tumblr’s technical management needs have evolved to require types of experience that I don’t have" That's is essentially exactly what Marco said. Not that he was incompetent exactly, but that he was not suited for what the CTO job at tumblr had become. I don't think it's the Peter Principle though - he didn't rise to that position. The position changed as tumblr grew. I agree that it's wise of him to see this and choose to step down; I've seen other companies suffer when the founding engineers were not wise enough to admit that the technicalities of scaling from a medium size site to a truly large one was beyond their experience.