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> The "professional responsibilities" in this case was being a good steward for Mozilla's products and the vision of products that preserved digital rights for
by andyjohnson0 4y ago
> The "professional responsibilities" in this case was being a good steward for Mozilla's products and the vision of products that preserved digital rights for its users. Not clear what this had to do with civil rights like gay marriage.
That's not all a CTO does. They also have "people" responsibilities.
As the then CTO, one of Eich's professional responsibilities was to lead the tech teams and individuals at Mozilla. The belief, among a significant proportion of Mozilla's employees, that he could not be trusted to put aside his opinions on civil rights when managing people, was what led to the opposition to his appointment.
- naasking 4y ago> The belief, among a significant proportion of Mozilla's employees, that he could not be trusted to put aside his opinions on civil rights when managing people A belief he couldn't be trusted based on what evidence, aside from them not liking his views on gay marriage?
- BrendanEich 4y agoI was CTO from 2005 incorporation of Mozilla Corporation. You must be thinking of CEO. FYI, I'd already run all of engineering from 2013 January on until CEO appointment, as SVP Eng + CTO.