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>I stayed because I believe in the work we do. I believe in the open web and owning your own content. I’ve devoted nearly three decades of work to this cause, a
by lovich 2y ago
>I stayed because I believe in the work we do. I believe in the open web and owning your own content. I’ve devoted nearly three decades of work to this cause, and when I chose to move in-house, I knew there was only one house that would suit me. In nearly six years at Automattic, I’ve been able to do work that mattered to me and helped others, and I know that the best is yet to come.
As the layoffs and hiriing hesitation has increased over the past 1-2 years I have seen an increased amount of copium coming from engineers work at prestigious jobs.
If you work at a for profit company, I believe that you believe in their mission.
That mission is to make money.
If you work at a company where your job role pays out enough that you could retire of a few years of salary from the position, and you stay after the company pivots to something you didn't think was a good idea, you are there for money.
If you work at a company where your job role pays out enough that you could retire of a few years of salary from the position, and you stay after the company lays off a large number of your coworkers that you think could have been a net benefit to the company, you are there for money.
If you work at a company where your job role pays out enough that you could retire of a few years of salary from the position, and you stay after the company lays off many coworkers that you had a positive, personal relationship with, you are there for money.
I see people in this thread lauding this person for making what I believe is an ultimately selfish decision, and trying to pretend he is not.
I am tired of seeing all these software luminaries discussing how brave they are for {getting a fuck ton of money but pretending it is difficult to accept because they dont get to control everything}.
The feeling I am getting from this blog post and the reaction to it, is the same reaction I got to hearing about how Linus Torvalds was all for the concept of Free Software and then checking his wikipedia page to find out that the chain of links to his famous ancestors goes back to at least his grandparents.
Like no shit you "stayed", you got bank for it. Don't try and spin it as a moral good under
> I stayed because I believe in the work we do.
- lovich 2y agoJFC His last two paragraphs are so egregious I segfaulted when reading them. Did he really quote Rodney King on why we cant all get along as a response to layoffs that he survived, and then tells everyone that his group is hiring? Fuck this guy. I don't care if it hurts my career. I wouldn't work with someone who is this big an asshole cause I wouldn't trust them to not throw me under the bus the second its expedient for them.
- tzs 2y agoPeople might have more than one reason that they are at a company. Many people have a job because they do indeed want and need money, but they have their particular job because they like the work there more than the work at other jobs they may have taken. If it was just about the money they would have probably left. They are well known enough to almost certainly be able to quickly get another job making at least as much money. Add in the 6 months severance they would have gotten and leave is the money maximizing option.