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I was amazed that she took the job at all. Yahoo is dead, and has been for a very long time.

• Ressuder 10y ago
  I'm amazed that you were amazed. Seems like the perfect job to me. Not only because economically it's obviously fantastic, but also because she came to a company with significant resources and were basically given the freedom to do whatever the hell she wanted with it, without having to think much about an existing identify and business.
  • Phlarp 10y ago
    We can navel gaze at Yahoo as a company all we want, but I think Marissa's accomplishments as an individual should not be overlooked. She largely got to write her own ticket at Yahoo and had two healthy children while moving from a mid-upper management role at google into a real CEO position. Most women that have two children back to back like that in the professional world end up in a "mommy track" career path.
    • ng12 10y ago
      For Marissa and her family I'm sure the journey was more important than the destination. However I doubt the shareholders feel the same way.
      • Phlarp 10y ago
        From a shareholder perspective I think she did a marvelous job: The task at hand was never to turn around Yahoo! into a Google-esque profitable tech power house, the task was to protect the shiny glass box in the lobby full of BABA.