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VMWare has annual revenue of about 9B$. Github.... 300M$ Github is way more hyped accross engineers but VMWare is 30 times bigger! VMWare is simply one league
by warp_factor 7y ago
VMWare has annual revenue of about 9B$. Github.... 300M$
Github is way more hyped accross engineers but VMWare is 30 times bigger! VMWare is simply one league above Github.
Github is a Business Departement part of Microsoft. VMWare is a huge company.
This is the typical fallacy of B2C vs B2B. Consumer products are way more hyped and therefore people think they are way bigger than other less famous B2B Enterprise products
- ceejayoz 7y agoWould you rather eat the world's largest steak, or the world's best steak? Plus, a VP at VMware isn't going to be in charge of that whole $9B like a COO is. Bitnami is going to be a "Business Departement" too.
- saalweachter 7y agoHow big of a steak are we talking here?
- threeseed 7y agoHave you worked as an executive in an enterprise company ? It really isn't everyone's cup of tea. There is far more bureaucracy, politics, considerations than a small or medium company and your ability to meaningfully effect change is much more limited. Most people with experience in this area would appreciate that one isn't better than the another. They are just different.
- skinnymuch 7y agoYes, VMWare is a league above GitHub. I doubt many in this thread think otherwise. But a VP is a league below a COO. And Bitnami is a league below GitHub. And a VP of VMWare doesn’t work with all $9B of rev VMWare is doing.
- gexla 7y agoMost of the article explains why she took this job. My take-away is that she saw Github as a growing company and she would be taking on similar challenges as her previous COO duties.
- ionised 7y agoIs revenue the only thing you consider when looking for a new role?
- warp_factor 7y agoI was highlighting that the "famous" and "cool" name of GitHub doesn't tell the whole story
- skinnymuch 7y agoBut you still failed to account for a VP role vs COO role.
- warp_factor 7y agoSure. Depends which VP position you end up getting. And even so, I would say that most VPs at VMWare are a more "prestigious" and "important" position than the COO of Github (which as most COO position is a not fully defined position in between other CxOs)
- skinnymuch 7y agoI guess we will have to agree to disagree.