fharper

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by fharper 7y ago
Interesting, maybe it was lost in translation as English isn't my first language, but "here is some background" doesn't mean "here is the brief summary" for me. It also doesn't mean here is the complete st
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by fharper 7y ago
I agree with someone else comment in this news about the fact that his reputation will be intact that way for people who didn't know about the situation at npm. As much as I don't like this at all and I hope I would never lie in a
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by fharper 7y ago
Actually, it was also about the layoff itself, not just how it happened. At the beginning of the thread, I wasn't to shared details for legal reasons, but it became a NLRB case for union busting. See this article from The Register for
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by fharper 7y ago
I completely agree with you on this! I wasn't mentioning those were the reasons, but that those were part of what happened in the last months.
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by fharper 7y ago
Thanks for sharing your personal opinion, I appreciate. The fact that I shared my story like I did and doing now was beneficial on all levels for me. I stayed true to my principles and values. I was approach by companies and managers who ha
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by fharper 7y ago
Can't agree more!
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by fharper 7y ago
best comment!
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by fharper 7y ago
See https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/08/technology/tech-companies... and https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/07/02/npm_abandons_settle...
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by fharper 7y ago
It wasn't just about other employees. I lost my job. I got fired in a shitty way. I lost my income source. I lost a job I love. I lost faith in a company I cared about. I was afraid for the future of the ecosystem and m
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by fharper 7y ago
*one of the person who was laid off.
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by fharper 7y ago
Yep, no goodbye note was really the highlight of everything that happened at npm in the last couple of months. This article about union busting https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/08/technology/tech-companies
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by fharper 7y ago
If you read a little more, you would have seen that it was a case of union busting (which is illegal) that was taken by NLRB. It is just part of what happened.
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by fharper 7y ago
Here is some background on some of the things that happened while he was CEO: https://twitter.com/fharper/status/1111694552262459393
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by fharper 7y ago
You are right, a settlement has been made.
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NPM CEO Bryan Bogensberger Resigned(prnewswire.com)
137 points by fharper 7y ago|100 comments
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by fharper 7y ago
Note that I'm a Developer Advocate at DigitalOcean. AFAIK, there is no plans to move to paid service. It makes sense to make DNS management easier for developers if you have your applications or websites running on our droplets.
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NPM fight union-busting claims(theregister.co.uk)
8 points by fharper 7y ago|1 comments
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NPM Announced the Release of NPM Enterprise(blog.npmjs.org)
13 points by fharper 8y ago|0 comments
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Fitbit released a simulator for developers including Ionic and Versa support(dev.fitbit.com)
7 points by fharper 9y ago|0 comments
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As developers, have you ever think about your personal brand?(outofcomfortzone.net)
1 points by fharper 13y ago|0 comments
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Upgrading your ZTE Open to Firefox 1.1 or 1.2 (fastboot enabled)(hacks.mozilla.org)
2 points by fharper 13y ago|0 comments
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Upgrading your ZTE Open to Firefox OS 1.1(hacks.mozilla.org)
25 points by fharper 13y ago|3 comments
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A personal branding book for developers - Out of Comfort Zone(outofcomfortzone.net)
1 points by fharper 13y ago|0 comments
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Protecting your Firefox OS App code(hacks.mozilla.org)
20 points by fharper 13y ago|11 comments
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How to be a good attendee(outofcomfortzone.net)
1 points by fharper 13y ago|0 comments
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Make your Firefox OS app feel alive with video and audio(hacks.mozilla.org)
1 points by fharper 13y ago|0 comments