Sometime last year, they had someone cold call me from the US to sell me stuff. I’m not sure where they got my number from, but I don’t think that’s a good strategy for trying to sell B2B solutions.
One thing to bear in mind is that at Weaveworks we made massive contributions and did our best to be part of the community in the right way:
* Flux
* Flagger
* Cortex
* Ignite
* Weave Net
* and a whole host more
Oh and there's a load of people without jobs tonight - wondering about their futures - hopefully people will see the talent and the contributions and find roles for them.
And that's a huge bummer since I know people who rely on those products and they're getting value out of them. However, I don't think the company failed because it didn't use more aggressive advertising.
"LambdaTest" does that crap and will call even on weekends. I'm like gtfo of here man. Testing tools is like the last thing I want to talk about on weekend or on personal phone.
I’m a bit more receptive to offline messages if they’re targeted adequately. They can see my interests by skimming my LinkedIn, GitHub and StackOverflow accounts and contacting me via social media or by email is fine if their product is somewhat relevant to my work or hobbies. However, asking me to spend my time trialing their “new super-cool Kubernetes offering” is a huge nope. Especially if that interaction happens over the phone.
