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I'd take the job on for about 5 seconds before I pulled my golden ripcord. This is a job that no one likely can succeed at.
by coldcode 13y ago
I'd take the job on for about 5 seconds before I pulled my golden ripcord. This is a job that no one likely can succeed at.
- adventured 13y agoThere are two paths to success, that are very different. 1) I'd argue that just maintaining the profit level they have now, over the next decade, would be a success given the situation. 2) Breaking the company into pieces, and letting new growth thrive from a smaller base, and letting old pieces die off if that's the way it's going to be (eg Windows consumer desktop). There's a lot of precedence for this sort of maneuver outside of tech, for stodgy old companies with mixtures of slow/no and faster growth businesses. The pieces could be seeded with tremendous amounts of cash to jump start them. I think #2 is very unlikely given the Microsoft culture, however I think that's exactly what should happen.
- venomsnake 13y agoAnd I would take the job for $1 yearly and turn the company around. No golden parachutes needed. MS has so many resources and good people that it is almost impossible with the right vision to fail on delivering.