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"When we hired a new COO, who had mainly worked at bigger companies before, he was shocked to hear that all our code, communication infrastructure and internal
by ajsharp 6y ago
"When we hired a new COO, who had mainly worked at bigger companies before, he was shocked to hear that all our code, communication infrastructure and internal systems were living in the cloud. He argued that we should move to on-premise solutions as soon as possible, partially out of fear of intellectual property theft, partially to appease investors with similar fears."
[shudder]
- DavidAdams 6y agoYeah, my first thought after reading that anecdote was that the new COO should have been fired.
- gamacodre 6y agoAnd the CTO too, for caving to that argument.
- quelsolaar 6y agoA team that needs 6 months to get their code running on a computer on-premise, might also be replaceable. Maybe the lesson is that that team that produces source code without value.