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I would. A friend who works at Zynga showed me around a week ago. It looked like Wall St. meets Silicon Valley. Real-time metrics scrolled across flat screens.
by uuilly 15y ago
I would. A friend who works at Zynga showed me around a week ago. It looked like Wall St. meets Silicon Valley. Real-time metrics scrolled across flat screens. And huge teams of engineers packed into single rooms plotted different ways to bilk housewives. It was the first software company I'd ever seen where money was the metric. They have a quarterly bonus schedule and everyone was aware of how much money they've made for the company. If it weren't for the giant cardboard cartoons hanging from the ceiling, the dyed hair and the dogs, it would be indistinguishable from my sister's high yield bond desk at Morgan Stanley.
That beast is hungry. I wouldn't bet against it.
- maukdaddy 15y agoSorry but that sounds like an absolutely awful place to work. :(
- uuilly 15y agoI agree. But the energy was undeniable.
- rokhayakebe 15y agoThat is nice and all, but it isn't argument against his fear.
- jackowayed 15y agoIf they're great at making money, they're great at making money, and they'll do a good job of overcoming roadblocks, especially those they see coming
- hoyhoy 15y agoBetting _for_ this is like betting against humanity!
- localhost3000 15y agocould the focus on bottom-line have anything to do with the CEO's top-tier MBA? after all, The Wall Street Way is what they teach MBAs, right?
- localhost3000 15y agoamazing that the mere mention of "mba" on here with anything other than a negative implication results in down votes...