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(without reading the article/listening to the talk) I suspect "unemployed" meant something like "worked at yahoo for double digit years, cashed out shares, and
by plinkplonk 9y ago
(without reading the article/listening to the talk) I suspect "unemployed" meant something like
"worked at yahoo for double digit years, cashed out shares, and so don't have to take dumb jobs for eating money, so free to tackle new challenges"
not
"so bad at programming they couldn't find a job in a hot market"
- dirtyaura 9y agoYes, I understood that, I tried to indicate that by writing "unemployed" - i.e. they were talented but taking it easy by their own choice (one guy apparently for 10 years). However, for a person who hadn't worked with these guys, it wouldn't be obvious that they would efficient in the execution, as many times people err to use a filled/gapless CV as a proxy for execution capability.