On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 9:38 AM, Theo10011 <de10...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Is it time for a #IamwithVibber tag now? :) > awwww > It might be time to consider just promoting Brion or something? (as deputy > or head of engineering). There is no one the community would trust more on > the engineering needs of WMF. And from the looks of it, he does have the > support of staff and isn't holding back any relevant information or > opinion. He can bring stability to a very shake ship right now. > Thanks, but I'll openly say that managing a department full of people is a lot of very hard work and requires skillsets I do not have; that's why I happily transitioned out of the CTO role in 2009 (and burnout related to that was one of the reasons I left WMF for a while around that time, returning in 2011). -- brion > > On Mon, Feb 22, 2016, Austin Hair <adh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I really don't think I can let this one go, though. Would you please > > name one "pet project"—actually, I don't think it's so much to ask to > > name them all—that's had to be shut down? > > > > I think that might be a reference to Flow or AFT, even the MoodBar (3 off > the top of my head). Apart from that staff roles and entire departments > like Globaldev, and I even remember a strategy department briefly, that was > reshuffled. The timeline isn't as clear when these things were refactored > but a lot of things were abandoned over the years. > > Lila, I don't know what impression you had before you joined WMF. This > wasn't a struggling project, or not at the desperate level that is forming > your narrative now. We had larger and more successful fundraisers every > year, the staff doubled and tripled, the pageviews rose, as did unique > visitors, and we enjoyed an improving reputation - there were no immediate > burning fires that needed addressing. This entire paradigm shift reeks of a > desperation that isn't supported by facts. > > Your project and vision is far too radical for the need of the hour. Even > the changes you speak of, they can only be achieved gradually. You can't > turn this ship in such a dramatic fashion for such an ambitious project. > You should have prototyped exactly what it is you want - you had more than > enough funds and resources without this tiny Knight foundation grant and > this whole drama. > > Regards > Theo > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
