James Huang is Heading to Substack

[Philster]

Originally Posted by prototoast

I'm sure there's some bias involved, though at least in the past, Mr. Huang has shown himself capable of being pretty harsh in his reviews when deserving. https://escapecollective.com/the-sup...t-a-good-bike/

But ultimately, I think it's less important that the reviewer be unbiased than the reviewer be informative. I tend to look at bike reviews the same way I look at other pieces of opinion journalism, with two key questions. 1) did the writer demonstrate that he or she had done any meaningful research in putting the piece together? 2) even if I don't agree with the opinion, did I still learn something?

If I can answer yes to both of those questions, it's worth my time, even with any biases.

Agree with this. Any (I mean any) journalism has to be read with the understanding that it contains biases. The reader has to choose what parts are valuable and disregard the rest.

[mstateglfr]

Originally Posted by AngryScientist

Not at all. For sure I do not want to cast shade on James in any way. Just a general observation.

Not at all familiar with his work and not wanting to cast shade?
...that rant post, which was in response to Huang's impartiality, sure seems like a 180 from what you intended then.

[Mike V]

Why has he been at many different places in the past few years?

[kiwisimon]

Originally Posted by Mike V

Why has he been at many different places in the past few years?

to find a place that pays commensurate with experience I'd guess is pretty tough.

[prototoast]

Originally Posted by Mike V

Why has he been at many different places in the past few years?

He was at Bikeradar for 10+ years, Cyclingtips for 7+ years. Then Outside began dismantling Cyclingtips, and he left to join Escape Collective, which was made up mostly of people who had been fired from CyclingTips. He was there a little more than a year, but I guess it wasn't a great fit.

But he certainly doesn't have a track record of rapid job-hopping.

[mstateglfr]

Originally Posted by Mike V

Why has he been at many different places in the past few years?

He was with Bike Radar for 11 years then moved to CyclingTips and worked there for almost 8 years until it basically ceased to exist. His time at Escape Collective was a 1.5 years, so yeah that one was short.

But I wouldn't say he has been at many different places these last few years. It's really just 1 short term time, and that was due to his prior place going to hell.

[Mike V]

So 3 places in the same amount of years.

[Clean39T]

Originally Posted by Mike V

So 3 places in the same amount of years.

IIRC, when he joined Escape Collective he said it was a transitionary thing for him..

[mstateglfr]

Originally Posted by Mike V

So 3 places in the same amount of years.

If you look at it without context, are unable to understand the reality that your situation inherently happens when a job last a short while, and count the job that he just announced as one of your places...then yeah he has been at many different places these last few years.