amirnathoo

I think you can feel and show emotion and still be very in control of your words and actions. Certainly looked like the administrator was acting very intentionally and in accordance with their values.

Do they have to maintain decorum all the time or just when they are on professional duty? In any case, I suspect those students were in perfect control of their feelings and very intentionally seeking to call out and disrupt the speaker.

It's a matter of focus. We'd love there to be more self-study content available for kids also. But MOOCs have a famously low completion rate and it's hard to stay motivated without interaction. So we're focused on connecting learners and teachers and having them interact over video chat.

> Not to mention there's very little incentive to amend these policies outside of generating general goodwill.

There is now an incentive for other companies to follow suit since savvy employees will value offers from Pinterest and other companies with this policy much more highly.

It's rare that a company like Pinterest breaks ranks on things like this. I hope they get a lot of goodwill from employees and applicants as a result.

I'd suggest reading Four Steps to Epiphany to learn about customer development.

We always prefer to be open and thought it right to inform our customers of the change.

I hope that openness is interpreted as a strength.

Ouch! That's not good timing.. working on it

Edit: should be good now

We've worked hard to ensure continuity and Antoine is excited to move forward, so hope you give us a chance.