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The rumor I saw when all this started implied it was. I think it said that Mullenweg always came back from burning man with lots of ideas. The implication to

by MBCook 24d ago

The rumor I saw when all this started implied it was. I think it said that Mullenweg always came back from burning man with lots of ideas. The implication to me was the ideas were terrible and the board was afraid of having to deal with it yet again. But that’s a total guess.

bawolff 24d ago
I feel like the only way this makes sense is if "ideas" is a euphamism for drugs.
- InsideOutSanta 24d ago
  Sounds like you've never worked for a CEO with "ideas." One time a CEO made the whole R&D team switch to "aspect oriented programming" because he had read a blog post. Another time we had to switch to C# because he had heard it wad better than Java. Trust me, you don't want a CEO with "ideas."
  - troyvit 24d ago
    I worked for a company with co-CEOs. The ideas CEO left and the company tanked. I think there's a right way to have an ideas CEO but maybe a balance helps keep them from switching everybody to C# on a whim. A CEO without ideas seems like a recipe for at best stagnation and at worse just fleecing the company of value and taking a golden parachute.
    - MBCook 24d ago
      It’s 100% about the quality of the ideas, isn’t it. I agree no ideas is just a path towards irrelevance.
      - mixdup 24d ago
        The CEO doesn't necessarily have to have the ideas. How many ideas do you think Tim Cook had regarding products at Apple?
uncle_kostya 24d ago
Spending time at Burning Man can completely detach you from reality
manytimesfail 24d ago
I have worked at Automattic for ~7 years. I don't see the history of bad ideas coming from Burning man. Matt is always looking for inspiration, as we all should be. Whether it comes from Burning man or elsewhere seems irrelevant.
- Seattle3503 24d ago
  Are there ideas coming from Burning Man?
  - manytimesfail 24d ago
    :) Not sure.
- jzb 24d ago
  If you're currently at Automattic... any idea who your current CEO actually is? :) What's all this like internally?
  - manytimesfail 23d ago
    Matt is Automattic's CEO.... I see what you're doing... ;) We/I want to build useful things. This is a distraction. I believe Automattic is a net benefit for the web and look forward to having more focus to continue delivering on that. Internally, were focused on that.

by MBCook 24d ago

bawolff 24d ago

I feel like the only way this makes sense is if "ideas" is a euphamism for drugs.

InsideOutSanta 24d ago
Sounds like you've never worked for a CEO with "ideas." One time a CEO made the whole R&D team switch to "aspect oriented programming" because he had read a blog post. Another time we had to switch to C# because he had heard it wad better than Java. Trust me, you don't want a CEO with "ideas."
- troyvit 24d ago
  I worked for a company with co-CEOs. The ideas CEO left and the company tanked. I think there's a right way to have an ideas CEO but maybe a balance helps keep them from switching everybody to C# on a whim. A CEO without ideas seems like a recipe for at best stagnation and at worse just fleecing the company of value and taking a golden parachute.
  - MBCook 24d ago
    It’s 100% about the quality of the ideas, isn’t it. I agree no ideas is just a path towards irrelevance.
    - mixdup 24d ago
      The CEO doesn't necessarily have to have the ideas. How many ideas do you think Tim Cook had regarding products at Apple?

uncle_kostya 24d ago

Spending time at Burning Man can completely detach you from reality

manytimesfail 24d ago

I have worked at Automattic for ~7 years. I don't see the history of bad ideas coming from Burning man. Matt is always looking for inspiration, as we all should be. Whether it comes from Burning man or elsewhere seems irrelevant.

Seattle3503 24d ago
Are there ideas coming from Burning Man?
- manytimesfail 24d ago
  :) Not sure.
jzb 24d ago
If you're currently at Automattic... any idea who your current CEO actually is? :) What's all this like internally?
- manytimesfail 23d ago
  Matt is Automattic's CEO.... I see what you're doing... ;) We/I want to build useful things. This is a distraction. I believe Automattic is a net benefit for the web and look forward to having more focus to continue delivering on that. Internally, were focused on that.