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I have no problem with him getting 81m. The fact that all of the other employees combined get 29m combined while he gets that is pretty lame though.

jmathai 13y ago
Not really. Karp is worth orders of magnitude more to Yahoo! than the rest of the team. Yahoo!'s always had engineers who could bring products to market. Their deficiency has long been with executives and the product groups.
- kmfrk 13y ago
  ... and Jacob Bijani has left the company. Don't know whether he was offered anything to stay, but he was (is) a huge design talent.
  - colmvp 13y ago
    Gut reaction tells me he probably got something small offered but nothing substantial. Designers in tech not named Jonathan Ive rarely get notable compensation.
- colmvp 13y ago
  Unless you know exactly who each person is on the team, that's making a lot of assumptions. I've seen enough companies that have key people who aren't co-founders that don't get a lot of public recognition but significantly make major contributions to the company. Some would even later become CEOs.
  - jmathai 13y ago
    That's a valid point. I assume if those key players exist then they received a disproportionate % than other team members. Noting close to Karp though I'm sure. I stand by my generalization though. Yahoo! doesn't need future CEOs. They need founders with the vision to execute on an idea.
- ryguytilidie 13y ago
  Karp is worth orders of magnitude more to Yahoo! than the rest of the team. So you know the other members of the team and what value they bring? Would love to hear a breakdown from your end since you clearly know their capabilities. Edit: yeah asking for someone to explain an absurd generalization sure is grounds for downvotes...?
  - jmathai 13y ago
    I up voted you. It's a valid question. See my response to one of the other sibling comments to yours.
elliottcarlson 13y ago
Keep in mind that the majority of the Tumblr staff have been here a year or less.
Sven7 13y ago
You are entitled to have these problems only after you start a company and sell it off for a billion dollars.

jmathai 13y ago

Not really. Karp is worth orders of magnitude more to Yahoo! than the rest of the team. Yahoo!'s always had engineers who could bring products to market. Their deficiency has long been with executives and the product groups.

kmfrk 13y ago
... and Jacob Bijani has left the company. Don't know whether he was offered anything to stay, but he was (is) a huge design talent.
- colmvp 13y ago
  Gut reaction tells me he probably got something small offered but nothing substantial. Designers in tech not named Jonathan Ive rarely get notable compensation.
colmvp 13y ago
Unless you know exactly who each person is on the team, that's making a lot of assumptions. I've seen enough companies that have key people who aren't co-founders that don't get a lot of public recognition but significantly make major contributions to the company. Some would even later become CEOs.
- jmathai 13y ago
  That's a valid point. I assume if those key players exist then they received a disproportionate % than other team members. Noting close to Karp though I'm sure. I stand by my generalization though. Yahoo! doesn't need future CEOs. They need founders with the vision to execute on an idea.
ryguytilidie 13y ago
Karp is worth orders of magnitude more to Yahoo! than the rest of the team. So you know the other members of the team and what value they bring? Would love to hear a breakdown from your end since you clearly know their capabilities. Edit: yeah asking for someone to explain an absurd generalization sure is grounds for downvotes...?
- jmathai 13y ago
  I up voted you. It's a valid question. See my response to one of the other sibling comments to yours.

elliottcarlson 13y ago

Keep in mind that the majority of the Tumblr staff have been here a year or less.

Sven7 13y ago

You are entitled to have these problems only after you start a company and sell it off for a billion dollars.