Timeline for CEO Blog Post: Feedback on "Communities and Connections will Power our Growth in 2021"
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| Mar 1, 2021 at 17:23 | history | edited | Journeyman GeekMod | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Mar 1, 2021 at 10:01 | history | edited | Journeyman GeekMod | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 2, 2020 at 16:02 | comment | added | Shog9 | Just to clarify this point, @SonictheK-DayHedgehog - Tim maybe felt that hiring from the mod teams was a good idea, but it has never been policy. Indeed, this would not be the first time that a position was aimed specifically at external folks, although in past situations the team was much larger. | |
| Nov 2, 2020 at 12:38 | history | edited | This_is_NOT_a_forum | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 2, 2020 at 5:16 | comment | added | Catija Staff | ... OK? I... don't see how that says we actually ever did it (though I'm aware some CMs were hired without there even being a job posting) and... as I said, we haven't done it in the last five years, so... @sonic .... Yeah, it'd be nice... but... it's not really necessary. | |
| Nov 2, 2020 at 5:12 | comment | added | Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog | @Catija It has definitely existed in the past, though. | |
| Nov 2, 2020 at 5:10 | comment | added | Catija Staff | @sonic ... Maybe? But not for the last five years. When I applied there was no advanced notice at all. | |
| Nov 1, 2020 at 13:51 | history | edited | Journeyman GeekMod | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 1, 2020 at 13:45 | comment | added | Journeyman Geek Mod | A little late - but consider this listing on reddit - while its "anti evil operations", the job scope is roughly comparable to what our community managers end up doing. They talk about "3-4 year relevant work experience in Internet industry, social media, and online communities as a user, moderator or manager". Its a highly inclusive wording - heck, I'm eligible as per that and I'm not even a redditor. | |
| Oct 31, 2020 at 20:58 | comment | added | Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog | @PrashanthChandrasekar Good to know! It's just that in the past, SE has put out job advertisements privately to network moderators first prior to releasing them to the general public, and I see why the company decided to just publicly release them first this time. By the way, it would be nice if you added in the line about "you should apply anyway even if you don't meet all the requirements" that has historically been present in SE job listings but was omitted from the CM listing. | |
| Oct 29, 2020 at 23:00 | comment | added | Journeyman Geek Mod | I would suggest a good start might be to consider requirements on future CM ads that open up the role explicitly to mods or even members of the community at large. I suspect with recent events - your candidate pool might not be as large as it used to be but it would be nice to make a start now, in view of better days | |
| Oct 29, 2020 at 17:46 | comment | added | Prashanth Chandrasekar Staff | 2/ I agree with you, there is a lot more we can do celebrate and understand our community. We have been releasing the community roadmap so you can hold us accountable to our promises. We are hiring on the community side, and while we may encourage applicants with certain experience, we do consider all resumes. Finding the best candidates takes time, especially with so much of everyday life still turbulent. Rest assured, I consider the community the foundation and vital part of Stack and plan to continue investing in its health and growth. | |
| Oct 29, 2020 at 17:46 | comment | added | Prashanth Chandrasekar Staff | 1/ Hello Journeyman Geek. Nice to hear from you. Thanks for your input. I spent my first quarter getting to know the team, meeting with customers and the community --- to understand the current state. My second quarter was focused on hiring for some key leadership positions to help us scale in the coming years. By the middle of my second quarter, the pandemic changed the landscape (we were affected like most companies in the world) and we were thrilled to raise our new round of funding to have the resources we need to continue scaling. | |
| Oct 29, 2020 at 8:34 | comment | added | Journeyman Geek Mod | I had very convincing people nagging me :D | |
| Oct 29, 2020 at 7:48 | comment | added | Mad Scientist | @JourneymanGeek I'm actually pretty surprised that you're willing to try this at all. My impression was that almost all mods that previously expressed interest in a CM position were pretty definite on not even considering it now, and I found that to be an entirely understandable change. So while I think for SE it would be good to also hire from the mod pool, I wasn't sure there were any mods willing to try this at all. | |
| Oct 29, 2020 at 0:32 | comment | added | Journeyman Geek Mod | Well I threw in my hat anyway, as a mod on a bigger technical site. Still unsure of the outcome. I would feel that we don't just need to be in a position where mods are welcome to apply - but where the role is attractive again. I'm unsure how the interest level would be, looking at the events of the past 2 years | |
| Oct 29, 2020 at 0:17 | comment | added | Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog | I'll also add that most of SE's job listings have historically contained the line that "even if you don't fully meet the requirements, you should apply anyway", but the new CM listings tellingly didn't include this line. | |
| Oct 28, 2020 at 23:21 | history | edited | Journeyman GeekMod | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 28, 2020 at 17:52 | comment | added | Mad Scientist | When I saw the CM job ad I originally suspected that SE might have clarified internally that experience as a moderator here would count for that requirement. I wasn't very optimistic on this, but I didn't fully expect that SE would essentially exclude hiring from the mod pool entirely. | |
| Oct 28, 2020 at 16:36 | history | edited | Shadow Wizard | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Soon enough year will change
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| Oct 28, 2020 at 16:33 | history | edited | Journeyman GeekMod | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 28, 2020 at 16:07 | history | answered | Journeyman GeekMod | CC BY-SA 4.0 |