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As many people have pointed out: The value here might be getting someone who's able to change the company culture and focus. Stack currently feels like an atte
by moate 8y ago
As many people have pointed out: The value here might be getting someone who's able to change the company culture and focus.
Stack currently feels like an attempt to be the worst parts of both Wikipedia and Ask.com. They need to do a better job at something, and everyone will have an opinion about what the fix is, but it feels like they need a change.
That said, hiring a developer to run Stack sounds weird to me. If anything, I'd think you need a communications/publishing person since the goal is collecting, archiving and distributing data. Maybe an archivist or librarian even.
- craftyguy 8y ago> The value here might be getting someone who's able to change the company culture and focus. Are there many (or any?) cases of this having a long-term effect on a company's culture/focus? I know it's the most-advertised reason for hiring an outside CEO, but I couldn't find any examples of a company's culture changing, and staying changed for years/decades, as a result of doing so.
- moate 8y agoIDK. Probably? Best I can do is give up an article about why CEOs turn over (and more frequently now than previously). Changing culture can be hard, but is possible. https://www.strategy-business.com/article/20306?gko=bfb5b https://www.strategy-business.com/article/20306?gko=bfb5b
- saywhatnow 8y ago> Stack currently feels like an attempt to be the worst parts of both Wikipedia and Ask.com. Seriously? I can understand the Wikipedia aspect of it (though I'm not sure I totally agree), but ask.com? Isn't ask.com full of trolls asking intentionally silly questions, and writing ridiculous answers? I fail to see how StackOverflow falls into that category.