This is probably how it happened: (1) This guy glammer-BS'es his way to the position, based on talking to top managers, who probably aren't very sharp technolog

This is probably how it happened: (1) This guy glammer-BS'es his way to the position, based on talking to top managers, who probably aren't very sharp technologically. (2) The TC comments hit the fan, which the execs see (this is interesting, high level managers in my company don't even know TC exists, kudos to Skype in this regard). (3) Execs do due diligence and find that the rumors are indeed true. (4) Guy has to walk out. This part is not very interesting. What's interesting to me, is how companies like Yahoo nurture such people to VP positions. I now totally believe all the criticisms that PG leveled at them in his essay, e.g. managers being termed "producers", etc. I guess such guys exist in all companies, but their ratio is a strong indicator of the weakness of the company.