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Thank You, Arash
- psankar 7y agoMay be it is just me, but there should have been a tldr summary or better title (Arash, co-founder of dropbox leaving) or first paragraph. I was reading it half scared wondering if someone died (due to the recent Corona related news).
- samanator 7y agoYes I also didn't get if he had died or had left Dropbox until the end.
- nijynot 7y agoWhile yes, that would have been a better title in terms of telling us what the post was about, but then you get a different tone for the post. I think the post is first and foremost for thanking Arash for his work on Dropbox and about the partnership he had with Drew, and telling us about it comes second.
- mstade 7y agoI don't disagree with you but at this moment in time it just seems a bit prudent to add something like this at the top: "Arash – our co-founder and great friend – is leaving Dropbox for new adventures." Just one simple sentence like that at the top lets us know the rest of the post isn't a eulogy, or at least not the kind where someone passed away. Any other point in time when there isn't a global pandemic you can leave that out, but right now times are weird and confusing.
- markshepard 7y agoyes. changing the title is prudent at this time. I thought other way too!
- 1123581321 7y agoI think the “thank you, first name” format is common when a well known company founder or elder statesman is leaving. Here is Guido’s from last year. https://blog.dropbox.com/topics/company/thank-you--guido https://blog.dropbox.com/topics/company/thank-you--guido And Arash is well known at Dropbox (and also here.)
- mstade 7y agoMaybe you're right, I can't say that resonates with me but I may well be in the minority. I do find it interesting though that the post you link to has this as it's first sentence: "After six and a half years, Guido van Rossum, the creator of Python, is leaving Dropbox and heading into retirement." No ambiguities regarding the reasons for the post then. (Also, for what it's worth, I had no idea who Arash was prior to reading this post.)
- dwheeler 7y agoYes, I wish that the title included "(Dropbox co-founder leaving Dropbox)" or something like that.
- reikonomusha 7y agoIt’s 7 short paragraphs. It’s fine.
- johntiger1 7y agoAgree, the title could be improved to convey the message more clearly and directly
- sytelus 7y agoQuite refreshing note than so many exec "Thank you" emails. PS: Interestingly, Arash has Mac and Drew has Thinkpad in first picture :).
- DoreenMichele 7y agoReally nice story about some of the personal history behind Dropbox. It's all news to me. I had never heard of Arash until today. Anyone know what he's going off to do that he's leaving Dropbox?
- mebr 7y agoI don't know what he's been up to. But I'm certain he has inspired many Iranian-American tech entrepreneurs indirectly.
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- floatingatoll 7y agoArash is alive and leaving Dropbox, for those who miss the single sentence distinguishing which is the case halfway down the page.
- justicezyx 7y agoI could not see it even after reading your comment... This type of corporate writing is not serving anyone...
- gkoberger 7y ago"But now, it’s time for me to share that my close friend and co-founder is leaving Dropbox."
- justicezyx 7y agoExactly, that should be the first statement of the whole thing...
- tibbydudeza 7y agoDropbox was great way back then but now it seems like they are trying to compete with Microsoft Sharepoint and my Office 365 already comes with a 1TB storage plan. Perhaps Jobs was right ... it is a feature not a product.
- lowdose 7y agoApple runs iCloud on the Google Cloud, the right decision for Jobs at the time was to buy Dropbox.
- peteforde 7y agoNot everyone wants to be locked into the MSFT || GOOG || AAPL ecosystem.
- blntechie 7y agoBut they do it really well. OneDrive, Google Drive and iCloud Drive lack the polish and reliability of Dropbox for me. All said, I stopped paying for Dropbox about 6 months back as I couldn’t convince myself paying $9.99 for something I was already getting with Office 365. All I needed from them was like a $2.99 plan for 200GB and I would have continued to be a paying customer.
- emj 7y agoDropbox writes good farewell letters; the one to Guido was a real treat.
- markdown 7y agoOT but every time I visit this site I wonder how such smart people got duped by their designer. It used to be a joy to visit, but now it physically hurts me just to look at it. It's ok, great even... heck sometimes crucial, to be contrarian when you're creating art. But a UI isn't supposed to be art.