haxor@derp.fooMB to Hacker News@derp.fooEnglish · 9 months agoJohn Riccitiello steps down as CEO of Unity after pricing battleventurebeat.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up124arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: gaming@lemmy.ziptechnology@beehaw.orghackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanstechnews@radiation.party
arrow-up124arrow-down1external-linkJohn Riccitiello steps down as CEO of Unity after pricing battleventurebeat.comhaxor@derp.fooMB to Hacker News@derp.fooEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square3fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: gaming@lemmy.ziptechnology@beehaw.orghackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanstechnews@radiation.party
minus-squareFantomas@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·9 months agoBecause of incompetence or because that’s what he was hired to do?
minus-squareLvxferre@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoThat’s exactly what I was thinking - it’s simply too easy to hire a CEO to commit to unpopular changes, act as a hate sink, and then resign.
minus-squareKoof_on_the_Roof@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·9 months agoHe was CEO for 10 years. They are trying to put a good spin on it but he fucked up and and has done huge damage to the company and his own career.
Because of incompetence or because that’s what he was hired to do?
That’s exactly what I was thinking - it’s simply too easy to hire a CEO to commit to unpopular changes, act as a hate sink, and then resign.
He was CEO for 10 years. They are trying to put a good spin on it but he fucked up and and has done huge damage to the company and his own career.