Linden Lab hires a Riot, Zynga and EA veteran to lead engineering and strengthen Second Life’s expansion
Linden Lab announced Jerome Despret's arrival as the new Senior Vice President of Engineering. The movement takes place with the opening of new strategic waves in product, engineering and economy, reinforcing Second Life's growth discourse.
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Linden Lab has gained a new weight name in its technical leadership. Second report of Wagner James Au, do New World NotesJerome Despret took over as Senior Vice President of Engineering, a position the company had been seeking to fill since at least December of last year.
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Despret arrives with passage by large companies in the sector, including Riot Games, Zynga and Electronic Arts. According to the report, one of the most recent highlights of his trajectory was the engineering leadership related to The Sims 4, an experience that now becomes relevant to the next phase of Second Life.
The hiring takes place at a time when the Linden Lab it is again clearly signaling a growth strategy for the platform. In previous speech cited in the article, the CEO Bradford Oberwager it had already made clear that the creation of executive positions of this size is linked to the goal of expanding Second Life in the short, medium and long term.
Another important point highlighted in the assessment is that Despret arrives to face core challenges of the platform, such as the technical debt accumulated over decades and the need to make development more efficient to release time and resources for new deliveries. The report also cites the importance of improving moderation mechanisms and encouraging positive behaviors in the community, especially considering the experience of new users.
In addition to the new engineering leadership, Linden Lab also maintains open spaces strategic on your official website. Among them are positions such as Senior Product Manager - Clients, Senior Product Manager - Economy, Senior Software Engineer, Staff Software Engineer and Manager, Engineering - Mobile, signaling real investment in product, technology and operational structure.
For the Second Life community, the novelty is relevant because it shows a more concrete movement of internal strengthening of Linden Lab. It is still early to measure the practical impact of this change, but the combination of new technical leadership and opening vacancies gives more weight to the growth discourse that the company has been publicly defending.
Credits: original report of Wagner James Au, New World Notes/Patreon, with complementation from the official website of Linden Lab jobs.
