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Jan 11, 2018 23 Comments

How are things at Docker after Solomon Hykes was fired last year? I might have an offer to join their customer success team in the East.

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  • Docker / R&D
    SQL_Inject

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    From what I’ve seen, Docker’s UX team has only 2 excellent designers - The rest are average at best, which is not good enough when you’re talking about multiple complex enterprise products being worked on simultaneously. In addition, there has historically been a fragmented leadership structure that translates to a tremendous lack of focus across the entire company.

    What’s positive is that things are changing - Our new CEO is ‘all-in’ and his impact is already undeniable. Over 50% of ‘projects’ within the company have been cut/consolidated and it’s beginning to feel like we’re all working towards the same goal. Revenues are at record highs and it’s prob the first time in 2 years that I’d recommend it as a company worth considering.
    Jan 17, 2018 3
    • Docker / R&D
      SQL_Inject

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      True. It should be noted that Docker is aggressively expanding in Seattle, so while SF is HQ, it likely will not see much in the way of new hires (even for replacements)
      Jan 17, 2018
    • Very interesting about moving ops to Seattle. As a Midwesterner, even though I regularly make trips out West, SF has not seemed sustainable in the last 5 years. Seattle seems way better. Good luck to you guys.
      Jan 18, 2018
  • OP
    They're selling Kubernetes now. 😂
    Jan 11, 2018 1
  • Docker
    EfHO83

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    EfHO83
    Solomon was (is) an amazing technologist and speaker, but is no product/engineering leader. He was more of a bottleneck in shipping product. The current product leadership (although not perfect) is much better. We are finally shipping stuff that people will buy, not just giving stuff away for free. The challenge with the team is balancing making $$$ with innovating, and it’s not an easy thing
    Aug 15, 2018 1
  • Thanks for the insights. Wow just two functional designers? Docker poached a very talented Ux manager from us last year, his old team would love to have him back. If he's around still ship him back to us 😀
    Jan 17, 2018 1
    • Cloudera
      MsPrdDesgn

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      MsPrdDesgn
      Hudxing, yes the last guy was really a great mentor and looked out for everyone in the team. There's a new manager for the same team and this guy is a shit show from hell.
      Jan 18, 2018
  • Docker
    UHhO08

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    UHhO08
    Sorta like how Cloudera is selling YARN, Spark, Kafka huh?! 😂😂😂
    Jan 12, 2018 5