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Mozilla Corp., which manages the open-source Firefox browser, announced today that Mitchell Baker is stepping down as CEO to focus on AI and internet safety as chair of the nonprofit foundation. Laura Chambers, a Mozilla board member and entrepreneur with experience at Airbnb, PayPal, and eBay, will step in as interim CEO to run operations until a permanent replacement is found.

https://archive.is/rmMEb

Official Blog Post: A New Chapter for Mozilla: Focused Execution and an Expanded Role in Charting the Internet’s Future

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 8 months ago (3 children)

How is getting an MBA from Stanford nepotism? She probably worked her ass off not only to earn the degree but to be accepted to the university in the first place. Without knowing anything about her, I’m going to assume she’s a total rockstar until there’s a good reason to believe otherwise.

[–] [email protected] 47 points 8 months ago (3 children)

working hard and nepotism aren't mutually exclusive

[–] [email protected] 16 points 8 months ago

Biggest predictor of future success is the zip code you're born into.

To your specific point, the preponderance of PERCEIVED hard work in the nepotism community is definitely worth mentioning. Hard work, as an objective measure, would be the exception in this camp.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Where is the evidence of nepotism? The person I replied to mentioned the Stanford degree and immediately jumped to the conclusion that it all comes down to nepotism. Frankly, it sounds like jealousy and taking cheap shots at someone who is doing well. I don’t understand it. Why knock someone else down? She’s successful so good for her. My own success will only come from me. What someone else did or did not achieve or how they did it is irrelevant to what I achieve.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

okay but still where is the nepotism? You've commented on the general hypothetical possibility of nepotism not having been dis-proven.

Being at Stanford in and of itself is not nepotism so it's a pretty fair question to those of us who want words to mean things.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

Idk anything about this person in specific but my guess is that @ferralcat is referring to "legacy students". If you search for that term alone or in combination with "Standford" you can read all about what those words mean. The words have very well-understood meanings. For example:

Nearly 18% of Class of 2023 are legacy students or relatives of donors, report reveals

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Buddy, if you told me you had an MBA from Stanford, I would give you a box of crayons and take bets on how long you could go without eating them.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The MBA would immediately toss 5 crayons from the box and announce they're only going to color with the remaining 10, collect a bonus, and then take a vacation after a hard days work.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

Without knowing anything about her you shouldn't assume anything about her.