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Lots of people are rushing to defend Mudge, and maybe it's warranted, but being an alumnus of cDc and l0pht doesn't make one a competent executive. It is possi
by na85 4y ago
Lots of people are rushing to defend Mudge, and maybe it's warranted, but being an alumnus of cDc and l0pht doesn't make one a competent executive.
It is possible for someone to be a great hacker but a mediocre manager.
Twitter's taken a lot of body blows recently and Parag is obviously trying to motivate his people. He's not necessarily lying even if it's a rather unprofessional way to speak I'll of someone who's been fired.
- morelisp 4y agoBetween Mudge, Dildog, Beto O'Rourke, Wysopal, and I'm sure others, cDc/l0pht actually seems to have been an amazingly good breeding ground for competent executives compared to most dev teams.
- mruniverse 4y agoIt speaks to Parag's character that he's "trying to motivate his people" by doing it in such an unprofessional way. As far as the "great hacker but a mediocre manager" thing, same can be said of Parag... "good CTO but mediocre CEO".
- alksjdalkj 4y ago> Lots of people are rushing to defend Mudge, and maybe it's warranted, but being an alumnus of cDc and l0pht doesn't make one a competent executive. He was also a DARPA PM, which definitely requires management/executive skills.
- na85 4y ago>He was also a DARPA PM, which definitely requires management/executive skills. Meh. I've worked in government and disagree with this assessment.
- rasz 4y agoHe might not have gotten the memo CIO role is about signing contracts with paper compliance vendors instead of actually securing shit.