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I didn't notice Matt Hicks became CEO of Red Hat. Congrats to him. We worked together on the Docker / Red Hat Partnership 10 years ago when he was in Engineerin
by nickstinemates 3y ago
I didn't notice Matt Hicks became CEO of Red Hat. Congrats to him. We worked together on the Docker / Red Hat Partnership 10 years ago when he was in Engineering leadership. From an Engineer to CEO. Says a lot about Red Hat and its priorities.
- op00to 3y agoI'm not so sure now is the time to congratulate the guy at the wheel for Red Hat's first major layoff.
- nickstinemates 3y agoI think it lends more credence to the words in the article; this is a reduction in G&A while R&D is unaffected. I've never been accused of being a RH fanboy. Layoffs are tragic to hear and observe. This one seems limited.
- EvmRoot 3y agoI thought Paul was the worst RH CEO until 2 minutes into Matt talking in that role.
- nickstinemates 3y agoWhy?
- EvmRoot 3y agoHicks has what would otherwise be an impressive ability to say absolutely nothing, even when responding to direct questions. He describes the RH purpose as "a north star", which is about as useful as the real cowboy in City Slickers saying "one thing"; its circus tent level preaching of empty platitudes. He believes going from intern to CEO was something other than luck, which is about the most dangerous position I can imagine. Zero humility, zero self awareness. He is Elon, if Elon was slightly less crazy and ran only one company.
- jossclimb 3y agoJim Whitehurst was such a good CEO. I honestly had hoped he would take over as IBM CEO, but no, that would have been to good a move for IBM. So they pushed him out.
- op00to 3y agoHis words as ceo were empty and devoid of meaning. I have no idea how he says so much with communicating so little.