Re:Show HN: Managed UniFi Controller Hosting
by tbyehl on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @09:45AM
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Robert Pera throwing the mFI team under the bus was super classy. Worst. EOL. EVER.
https://community.ui.com/questions/is-MFI-dead/2b4211ee-98c1...
UDM and Protect are shining examples of "never rewrite your product from scratch." USG XG was an unmitigated disaster. Dropping controller support for Broadcom-based APs was ridiculous. All seem to be technical debt driven decisions.
Re:Show HN: Managed UniFi Controller Hosting
by kryogen1c on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @07:29PM
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Holy. Shit.
If I were to pick the single best indicator of a terrible leader, it would be blaming subordinates for things they are resonspible for. Even if it is 100% the teams fault, the manager is, you know, suppossed to manage them away from such failure.
No organization with such a CEO can survive. We sell unifis at work and I have some in my home, but I will look elsewhere now.
Re:Show HN: Managed UniFi Controller Hosting
by xoa on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @09:32AM
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Late, but thank you for sharing that. I participated and enjoyed the old community a lot, and was a big proponent of UBNT gear for many years. Seeing the downward spiral commence from the outside has been a real downer and I wondered what was going on internally. I figured it had to be something at the management level, but I'm bummed to have it confirmed nonetheless. Appreciate all the hard work you folks put in over the years, it was fantastic kit and a really promising overall solution. I wish there was something comparable, or that maybe Robert Para would finally step down/get pushed out.
Former Ubiquiti employee here.
The CEO is insanely toxic. Insulting people in the company Slack, publicly firing people on the spot, constantly trying to micromanage everything, shutting down entire offices without warning. It's crazy.
So much wasted potential. Most of the good employees left or were fired while i was there. Projects were changed or cancelled monthly. No one knew what was going on.