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Yes, pretty much what this article also says, but I find it hard to accept that as an answer. I can't imagine that this had a lot of maintenance cost. As far as
by deng 3y ago
Yes, pretty much what this article also says, but I find it hard to accept that as an answer. I can't imagine that this had a lot of maintenance cost. As far as I could see, the whole thing was excellent and pretty much finished, I can't remember ever having to consult anyone at SO for support. They could have tripled the price and we would have payed, because if you compare how much hires/$ we got out of SO compared to for instance LinkedIn, this still would have been a no-brainer.
- jrumbut 3y agoI also wonder if they could have spun it off as a small, profitable (after price hikes and expense cutting), but non-growing company that existed to buy advertising space on StackOverflow. That might have been too big a distraction though. It's just a shame that they destroyed what, to me, was the best job board out there.
- AndrewKemendo 3y agoNot to be too glib, but investors are looking for sure things and on the internet advertising is a "sure thing" For these kinds of company deals where they don't have 20 years of consistent revenue with a consistent product, like Coca-Cola or Apple sales, investors are going to push the company into doing things that they can understand easily.