Well said Stefan and it needed to be said.
On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 9:02 AM, Luc-Eric Rousseau <[email protected]>wrote: > So this guys says what maurice posted here about the acquisition is > all "bold face lies". It's true that in corporations, usually there > is a this cycle of buy/layoff, I've seen it. > > But that is not at all what's been going on in Montreal with > Softimage. and we sure as heck shouldn't be looking to someone in S-F > to inform us. > > It's a small community here in Montreal of developers. > Sottimage/Discreet/Kaydara/Max, it's all blending in. The guy that > wrote IK in Softimage|3d and got an oscar for it? Worked on max for > the last decade, with with the guys that wrote the XSI command panels > and led the sumatra UI team. > > So Marc Petit, who of course we had known for more than a decade, came > in and hired all the developers on Softimage that might have been > acquired and layed off by some foreign company, we don't know, and > kept the jobs in Montreal. Although lots of people out there are > pushing the narrative that "everyone left", the vast majority, > probably more than three quarters, not counting all the dozens of > people who had come to Autodesk on their own before the acquisition, > are still here and working at Autodesk. That's just the facts. We > have also hired new people on top of this. > > Now of course, somebody he is going to tell me, wow I know all of > these people who have left. To which I say, 10 to 18 years doing the > same thing? How long are you supposed to stay, exactly? People move > around all the time, the rate of attrition at Softimage and Autodesk > M&E are much lower than the industry, IMHO. But they are not zero > > > On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 8:04 AM, Jason S <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Stefan, If I can criticize your criticism, > > > > It does bring-up a number of not so great things about some clearly > unfair > > behavior. > > > > Yet the piece proposes a very "unconstructive" form of criticism > > (just by the title itself, and the general tone), > > > > While becoming angry -can- be a good thing (if not essential) > > when faced with situations that can be seen as not right, > > there should be a clear distinction between firmly voicing disapproval, > and > > sheer lashing out. > > (the latter being well on the counter-productive side) > > > > Calling people liars, incompetent or painting an entire organization as a > > desease or cancer.. > > > > .. and you stated, > > "It was also the very first time I saw professionals use amounts of > > profanity on the list, in volume. " > > > > And when speaking about the (very) partial reversal, > > > > "The latter only came about after violent outbursts from the Softimage > > users, and rightly so." > > > > I would argue that (thankfully) most criticism put forth here up-til the > > reversal or otherwise, > > has been firm, respectful, thoughtful, fair and specific. (for the very > > large majority of the volume) > > > > Otherwise welcome back! :) > > > -- www.johnrichardsanchez.com
