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Why not Marissa Mayer?

by cft 9y ago

vlad 9y ago
She'll stop remote work and require all Uber drivers to come to office?
- rl3 9y ago
  If only so she can read children's stories to them in condescending fashion: http://www.businessinsider.com/marissa-mayer-childrens-book-bobbie-had-a-nickel-2015-1 http://www.businessinsider.com/marissa-mayer-childrens-book-...
  - rl3 9y ago
    -2 for stating facts backed up by a fairly concise source. Bravo. What I referenced actually happened. Mayer gathered most of Yahoo in a confidential meeting and read them a cryptic excerpt from a children's book that nobody understood. If wasting everyone's time in that manner isn't condescending, then I don't know what is. Here's an excerpt: Mayer held the book up to show its last illustration. It was a drawing of a little red-haired boy riding a merry-go-round pony. Hardly anyone could see the page. No one understood what Mayer was trying to say. Later on in the excerpt and in "Marissa Mayer and the Fight to Save Yahoo!" readers learn that Mayer was trying to say that, like Bobbie who finds joy riding a merry-go-round, Mayer values experiences over possessions — and that for her, Yahoo had been a great experience so far.
eddigo 9y ago
Her name was floated, but the quote of her excusing Kalanick was probably not a tick in her favor.
adamnemecek 9y ago
She's not a good CEO.
redditmigrant 9y ago
Marissa's tenure at yahoo was not successful. She was unable to turn around the company, made acquisitions that were too late, or didnt work. What about her tenure at yahoo was convincing of her ability to be a good CEO?
MegaButts 9y ago
Why Marissa Mayer?
- dismantlethesun 9y ago
  She did good work at Google, both in software engineering, user experience planning, and handling a large high-revenue department (Adwords). Which from the sound of it might make her a better CTO than CEO, but I certainly wouldn't judge her just by Yahoo. She likely has the capacity to do well at a growing company, with a clear path to profit (aka no more pivoting), which is exactly what Uber is and Yahoo was not.
  - muninn_ 9y ago
    Oh she did a great job at Yahoo! if you use the right measurement: shareholder value.
rdl 9y ago
Upsides: 1) female (so it somewhat allays the discrimination claims). 2) available Downsides: 1) Tenure at Yahoo! was unimpressive
- walshemj 9y ago
  and as a Female will be happier taking on a high risk job
colordrops 9y ago
what has she done that anyone should care about?
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Why not Marissa Mayer?

by cft 9y ago

Why not Marissa Mayer?

vlad 9y ago

She'll stop remote work and require all Uber drivers to come to office?

rl3 9y ago
If only so she can read children's stories to them in condescending fashion: http://www.businessinsider.com/marissa-mayer-childrens-book-bobbie-had-a-nickel-2015-1 http://www.businessinsider.com/marissa-mayer-childrens-book-...
- rl3 9y ago
  -2 for stating facts backed up by a fairly concise source. Bravo. What I referenced actually happened. Mayer gathered most of Yahoo in a confidential meeting and read them a cryptic excerpt from a children's book that nobody understood. If wasting everyone's time in that manner isn't condescending, then I don't know what is. Here's an excerpt: Mayer held the book up to show its last illustration. It was a drawing of a little red-haired boy riding a merry-go-round pony. Hardly anyone could see the page. No one understood what Mayer was trying to say. Later on in the excerpt and in "Marissa Mayer and the Fight to Save Yahoo!" readers learn that Mayer was trying to say that, like Bobbie who finds joy riding a merry-go-round, Mayer values experiences over possessions — and that for her, Yahoo had been a great experience so far.

eddigo 9y ago

Her name was floated, but the quote of her excusing Kalanick was probably not a tick in her favor.

adamnemecek 9y ago

She's not a good CEO.

redditmigrant 9y ago

Marissa's tenure at yahoo was not successful. She was unable to turn around the company, made acquisitions that were too late, or didnt work. What about her tenure at yahoo was convincing of her ability to be a good CEO?

MegaButts 9y ago

Why Marissa Mayer?

dismantlethesun 9y ago
She did good work at Google, both in software engineering, user experience planning, and handling a large high-revenue department (Adwords). Which from the sound of it might make her a better CTO than CEO, but I certainly wouldn't judge her just by Yahoo. She likely has the capacity to do well at a growing company, with a clear path to profit (aka no more pivoting), which is exactly what Uber is and Yahoo was not.
- muninn_ 9y ago
  Oh she did a great job at Yahoo! if you use the right measurement: shareholder value.

rdl 9y ago

Upsides: 1) female (so it somewhat allays the discrimination claims). 2) available Downsides: 1) Tenure at Yahoo! was unimpressive

walshemj 9y ago
and as a Female will be happier taking on a high risk job

colordrops 9y ago

what has she done that anyone should care about?

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