Re:How Jack Dorsey Runs Both Twitter, Square
by frutiger on Sunday December 27, 2015 @12:55PM
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Not that I have an opinion on Twitter, but
> and the large amount of criticism from the tech community
has never been a particularly good oracle (Apple and Microsoft are two prominent examples).
Re:How Jack Dorsey Runs Both Twitter, Square
by deelowe on Sunday December 27, 2015 @04:37PM
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Apple was lauded for years by the tech world for many reasons: dominance in audio/video/image production, the switch to a bsd based os, their dev kits, etc...
Microsoft has suffered greatly from the tech world's hatred. And, one has to wonder how different the mobile world would be if MS had built a better/more open community around their brand.
The techies, developers, etc... are the early adopters. They are the ones that are needed to keep your products fresh and relevant. Once they leave, the company is left with the unwashed masses and the platform stagnates (e.g. Microsoft).
No, from what I've heard, Square isn't a particularly nice place to work - with very poor work-life balances throughout the company, and Dorsey micro-manages every little detail of design and product.
Twitter, on the other hand doesn't appear to be doing particularly well, as evidenced by the current share price, and the large amount of criticism from the tech community targeted at them.