Brie

Nathans user-space recs are the highest-priority reqs in the company - told him to ask Brie directly whether they are her top priority and escalate to a three-way if the answer is no

Nathan said his biggest focus is hiring, that Brie had not moved anything on the Linux user-space side while he was away for two weeks, and that he would push her hard and dedicate his own time to it. Peter escalated the framing rather than the complaint: You should also be really comfortable asking Brie, hey, are my recs your highest priority? I am really curious what she would say. I hope she says yes. If she says no, it is probably worth a conversation with you, me, Brie, and whoever else rec she thinks is a higher priority. Then, unprompted: Because I think your recs are the highest priority in the company right now. Nathan has five open recs - three user space, two kernel. Nathan also floated an October/November Linux offsite for his team and Justins, and Peter tied its value to how much of the hiring is done by then.