Broadcom lays off many VMware employees after closing acquisition

Re:Broadcom lays off many VMware employees after closing acq... by alephnerd on Monday November 27, 2023 @03:19PM (#38437671)

I used to do that as well when I was still a SWE and then a PM. VMWare has good talent (when I first became a PM a long time ago, I was mentored by a very smart VMWare PM alum), but it also has a lot of empire building (when I first became a SWE a large portion of my management was VMWare EM alumni who weren't that impressive).

Also, a lot of their early management feel like one hit wonders in my experience working with them.

It reminds me of how PANW was before Arora joined and cleaned house, and Symantec/CA before Broadcom cleaned house.

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Re:Broadcom lays off many VMware employees after closing acq... by FireBeyond on Monday November 27, 2023 @03:32PM (#38437847)

> Also, a lot of their early management feel like one hit wonders in my experience working with them.

And many of those one hits were ideas crafted and handed to them for implementation (still valuable and important), but left to distill ideas on their own? Not so much.

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