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You can also spin it the other way, that Adobe hired an expert on Figma, someone who knew it well, has seen it grow, knew how it looked on the inside, and would
by est31 4y ago
You can also spin it the other way, that Adobe hired an expert on Figma, someone who knew it well, has seen it grow, knew how it looked on the inside, and would probably easily spot any time the Figma team would be bullshitting during negotiations. At least one such person on your team is I think a major asset, but of course someone like that will likely still be connected in some fashion to that company, and create possible conflict of interest situations which means legal risk.
- mike_hearn 4y agoWouldn't that be more of a consultant role, rather than having the entire newly acquired org report to him as a manager?
- maccard 4y agoWould you hire a consultant to manage a $20bn relationship or a FTE?