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a bit off topic but does anyone here knows what Scott Forstall has become ?
by bsaul 13y ago
a bit off topic but does anyone here knows what Scott Forstall has become ?
- general_failure 13y agoI would like to know this too.maybe he starts his own company?
- Tycho 13y agoOr maybe get hired as CEO at another.
- protomyth 13y agoMicrosoft is looking. Wouldn't that make all the rumor blogs explode.
- caycep 13y agoFrom what I read about his personality, I can't see him as anything but either this or he takes over at CEO. Microsoft is an interesting thought. He could certainly wrangle the reputed "warring factions" but would he want to? If he is as individualistic as they come, he'd want to start out as the de-facto leader and visionary. And he has the funds to do it. Why bother with Microsoft?
- derefr 13y agoIndividualistic; leader; visionary... but possibly (guessing on reasons for this shift) getting too old to have the constant energy to execute directly on that himself. Maybe he'll become a VC?
- caycep 13y agoI don't know, I think it was more he lost the power struggle against Jony Ive, so he may have one more stint in front of him. Hard to top building iOS though...
- kmfrk 13y agoProbably waiting for his non-compete to expire.
- ultimoo 13y agoI have read that Non-compete agreements are void in California[1]. However, I'm not sure whether there are exceptions applicable when execs are involved. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-compete_clause#California http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-compete_clause#California
- hrktb 13y agoHe's probably not in a real "non-compete" and more likely is still an employee getting paid for a year to do nothing.
- cmelbye 13y agoIt's probably more along the lines of an agreement that he'll get a huge payout if he doesn't work at a competitor for a year. He could certainly go and work for another company right now (there's no legal way to prevent him from doing that, as you pointed out), but he'd lose out on part of his severance pay.
- kmfrk 13y agoConan O'Brien worked in Los Angeles, when he left The Tonight Show and NBC, and he had a non-compete, until he started his gig with TBS, so I'm sure it's not as clear-cut.