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Thank you for being close to the instructors and for being humble. I wish you the very best @GenefaMurph976,

Thanks @TonyAlicea appreciate all of your open feedback.

I have been trying all day (and failing) to come up with an appropriate public response to this.

Genefa, I wish you all the best in your new adventure. It's good when good things happen to good people. So from that personal perspective, I hope this new job is all that you dream it is and more. And they're lucky to have you.

From my perspective as a Udemy instructor, and someone who always wants to see Udemy succeed… I hope the five people they will have to hire to replace you are up to the task!

1. @JohnSmilga
   Congratulations on quitting Udemy. I am sure that was a wise decision for you. In any field of creative product development, many will not succeed and should move on to use their talents in other ways.
2. Generalizing your experience, or mine, to the majority of instructors is most often a mistake. A fair number of us have continued to make a good living on Udemy. So for us it has not been a waste of time.
3. No company has figured out how to make this a profitable and stable business. It is still an early stage business and frequent experimentation, and failed experiments, are inevitable., The important thing is that they keep trying to discover new ways to make this successful.
4. I would not accuse anyone of "lying." Expecting a result, trying for a result, that then disappoints, is not a lie. It is part of the normal business process.

@GenefaMurph976, you've been an absolute light in the dark here. Happy for you for your opportunity, and sad for us. You have left a great example of how to keep instructors feeling heard and valued.

Best wishes to Zane and the team to continue the work. You will be missed.

Thanks @LawrenceMMiller and thanks for calling BS when needed. Hugo and the leadership team will start looking for a new marketing exec and Zane is 100% onboard and will continue to lead the instructor and content strategy team.

@GenefaMurph976, I just wanted to thank you personally. Over these five years on the platform, I’ve never seen an executive step forward and truly engage with the instructor community the way you did. It felt genuine, and I deeply appreciate that.

You’ve always shown remarkable energy and brilliance, and I’m certain that everything you do next will go incredibly well. Thank you for showing up, for listening, and for caring. Wishing you all the best in this next chapter.