Great products, but a somehow angry community and no real support
Great products, but a somehow angry community and no real support
You get to work on famous, very nice products.
Most of the work is done 'in the open'.
Sometimes endless discussions with community members on how to do things.
These discussions can get quite violent.
Somewhat intransparent communication between local Wikimedias which drive other projects. Wikidata, a product mainly developed by Wikimedia Germany for example, could be a great product with more international support.
Listen and support your engineers, and place the community on the second rank. While the community is important, the staff usually is better at drawing a 'bigger picture'.
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