Grandparent post only mentioned 3 companies out of literally thousands in the valley, 1 of which only has a couple thousand employees and is privately held. "N

Grandparent post only mentioned 3 companies out of literally thousands in the valley, 1 of which only has a couple thousand employees and is privately held. "Not too many" companies operate at Yahoo scale is a true statement still. I would also add to the parent post that many Yahoo employees are financially successful, having been through earlier stages. They aren't fresh grads looking for salary bumps or the target demographic to cash in on an IPO (since they already went through one, or have greatly profited from options since being hired at Yahoo). That being said, most of the 'good' people I know of (key word being know of) have left Yahoo for the other big internet companies or startups. They also seem to have hired a lot of 'media' type people in the recent past, not necessarily tech people.