ThoughtWorks has been sold to private equity

Re:ThoughtWorks has been sold to private equity by davidrupp on Wednesday August 23, 2017 @02:51PM (#15084083)

I worked as a Rails developer at ThoughtWorks for three years, from 2008 to 2011, on three different projects, including the one they called "the largest Rails project in the world" at the time. [1] I didn't see any of the toxic behavior Zed recounts. Rather, I got to work with some of the best developers -- and smartest people -- I've ever met, and had a lot of fun while leveling up my career.

[1] https://conferences.oreilly.com/rails2009/public/schedule/de...

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Re:ThoughtWorks has been sold to private equity by davidrupp on Wednesday August 23, 2017 @02:57PM (#15084136)

I wrote a blog post about it at the time. [1] Wouldn't change a word of it today.

[1] http://davidrupp.blogspot.ie/2010/01/why-should-you-want-to-...

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Re:ThoughtWorks has been sold to private equity by jarsin on Wednesday August 23, 2017 @05:26PM (#15085327)

I got fired for being a "Rails trouble maker" in late 2009.

Never saw your blog back then but if I did I would have applied.

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Re:ThoughtWorks has been sold to private equity by JamesBarney on Wednesday August 23, 2017 @08:06PM (#15086418)

I will be incredibly impressed with Apax if they are able keep this type of culture thriving.

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Re:ThoughtWorks has been sold to private equity by Analemma_ on Wednesday August 23, 2017 @03:01PM (#15084171)

Nice to hear it. Certainly other parts of Zed's rant didn't really stand up to close scrutiny, so I figured I'd ask someone who was really there.

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