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Maybe it's not just about talent, you could certainly hire amazing talent for a lot less than $30 million. I imagine this kid will disappear into Yahoo and eme

by jiggy2011 14y ago

Maybe it's not just about talent, you could certainly hire amazing talent for a lot less than $30 million. I imagine this kid will disappear into Yahoo and emerge again in 3 years time more mature and having been groomed for a leadership role by Mayer etc. He will be the "lead developer" for some new product they have spent $serious_R&D_budget on and will make another promotional video where he talks in a charming British accent and drinks cups of tea with Stephen Fry. In other words "The wonderkid who turned the crusty old dotcom around". Technology is a celebrity culture and Mayer knows this. Liken to manufactured "boy bands".

michaelochurch 14y ago
I'm an old fart (29) and don't have a British accent, but I'll do the three-year CEO-protege thing for a mere $10 million and kick it's ass (as long as you listen to me; if not, then you're wasting money). Bidding war's on! (If you say $9.99 million, then you are a fucking asshole.)
- cgmorton 14y ago
  Man, $1 million is more money than I will ever need. So I'll do it for $3 million. Your move.
  - jiggy2011 14y ago
    See, that's why this 17 year old kid is much smarter than you. He got in before the race to the bottom started!
- ovi256 14y ago
  I'll do the three-year CEO-protege thing for $10 million as well, but I'll listen to the payer! Better deal heh?
  - michaelochurch 14y ago
    The listening is obviously a part of the package. Before I can say, "You're doing it wrong" in good conscience, I have to make sure that you are doing wrong. I know it must seem like I get off on pointing out Wrongness, but there's this thankless and time-consuming process of finding the Wrongness. It's exhausting work. Y'all just see the fun part.
- rhizome 14y ago
  If you had the connections that this guy (and Mayer, and Sandberg, and Zuckerberg, and...) has, you wouldn't need to auction yourself. That's how the system prefers to work.

michaelochurch 14y ago

I'm an old fart (29) and don't have a British accent, but I'll do the three-year CEO-protege thing for a mere $10 million and kick it's ass (as long as you listen to me; if not, then you're wasting money). Bidding war's on! (If you say $9.99 million, then you are a fucking asshole.)

cgmorton 14y ago
Man, $1 million is more money than I will ever need. So I'll do it for $3 million. Your move.
- jiggy2011 14y ago
  See, that's why this 17 year old kid is much smarter than you. He got in before the race to the bottom started!
ovi256 14y ago
I'll do the three-year CEO-protege thing for $10 million as well, but I'll listen to the payer! Better deal heh?
- michaelochurch 14y ago
  The listening is obviously a part of the package. Before I can say, "You're doing it wrong" in good conscience, I have to make sure that you are doing wrong. I know it must seem like I get off on pointing out Wrongness, but there's this thankless and time-consuming process of finding the Wrongness. It's exhausting work. Y'all just see the fun part.
rhizome 14y ago
If you had the connections that this guy (and Mayer, and Sandberg, and Zuckerberg, and...) has, you wouldn't need to auction yourself. That's how the system prefers to work.