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They have to, as they are way behind in mobile and nobody good wants to work there. Sumly is three people and they paid about $30 million for it. Start throwin
by OGinparadise 14y ago
They have to, as they are way behind in mobile and nobody good wants to work there.
Sumly is three people and they paid about $30 million for it. Start throwing million dollar /year offers and many "good" programmers will want to work there. This stinks, IMO.
- rdouble 14y agoHaving to pay $10 million per person is how far behind Yahoo! is at the moment.
- mcintyre1994 14y agoI'd agree they're overpaying because they're behind, but let's not simplify this too much. They did not pay $30m to 3 people in exchange for them 3 people working with them.
- raylu 14y agoYahoo! paid $30 mil and, in exchange, got 3 people working for them. Not all the money made its way into those people's hands, but from Y!'s perspective I think the summary is fair.
- rdouble 14y agoClearly, but that seemed to be the accepted HN Hater narrative about this topic so I went with it...