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I have no doubt this what he is trying to do. Whether it will work is another question. I worked at a start up that got acquired and went through the same thing
by iainctduncan 4y ago
I have no doubt this what he is trying to do. Whether it will work is another question. I worked at a start up that got acquired and went through the same thing. First most people left, and then the whales (I was one of them) left too because life is too short to work in unhealthy environments. Pretty soon he had no one but the people he brought in and the tech debt just got worse as there was no one who understood the problems left to help fix them.
Can it be done? sure. Is it a smart business decision? open question.
- PM_me_your_math 4y agoIt is brilliant. Twitter was a poorly run company. He'd be better off firing just about everyone and bringing in his own people. He should also move the HQ and may just do that next year after debt restructuring.
- iainctduncan 4y agoIt is way too soon to say if it is brilliant. If the company tanks and can't recover, then it's not brilliant. This is not at all out of the realm of the possible. It's not like it would have been that hard to do the same thing more carefully, many other executives have taken over distressed companies and managed dramatic cutbacks better.