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A Cloud Guru Acquired by Pluralsight
- rednerrus 5y agoDidn't ACG just acquire linuxacademy?
- onedr0p 5y agoThe circle jerk of companies buying other companies never ends. Soon we will be left with only Facebook, Amazon, Disney, Microsoft and Apple.
- onedr0p 5y agoopps and Google.
- JBlue42 5y agoYes and they just finished up moving all the accounts from LA to ACG. I assume that was part of the deal before they could announce it. Make sure folks are already locked in. If anyone wants to delete their data and ACG account: https://help.acloud.guru/hc/en-us/articles/360004379235-How-do-I-delete-my-account- https://help.acloud.guru/hc/en-us/articles/360004379235-How-...
- JBlue42 5y agoAcquired by Pluralsight which was recently acquired by private equity firm Vista Equity Partners in April. The founder of the PE firm was caught for tax evasion a year or so ago.
- jrsdav 5y agoAs a former Pluralsight employee, I feel sorry for all the folks at A Cloud Guru who will now have to take Vista's IQ/personality test (as is required for all their portfolio companies) to maintain their employment. Here is a list of companies owned by Vista. If you're actively looking for jobs and would rather not have your pay and career growth held hostage by your ability to do well on a meaningless test, these are ones to avoid: https://www.vistaequitypartners.com/companies/portfolio/ https://www.vistaequitypartners.com/companies/portfolio/
- softveda 5y agoACG has Australian employees. They cannot be fired for this reason.
- cybert00th 5y agoSo sad that A Cloud Guru directors preferred personal enrichment over growing a great company