Re:Yahoo’s Marissa Mayer to Make $186M from Verizon Deal
by jacquesm on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @02:39PM
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I didn't see MM take any big risk here. Success -> large payout, failure -> still a large payout. Elon Musk is taking risks.
Re:Yahoo’s Marissa Mayer to Make $186M from Verizon Deal
by drakonandor on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @08:14PM
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Taking the job leading a sinking ship was a pretty big risk.
Re:Yahoo’s Marissa Mayer to Make $186M from Verizon Deal
by mavelikara on Wednesday April 26, 2017 @03:21AM
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And if the ship had sunk, what did she stand to lose?
Re:Yahoo’s Marissa Mayer to Make $186M from Verizon Deal
by enraged_camel on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @04:09PM
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>>The thing is, the reason you think this way is the same reason why you won't be as successful as her.
If you define success as "has money" then yeah, probably. But that's okay, I don't need nearly as much money as MM. Money, after all, has significant marginal utility. The difference between having $10M and $50M is not that much, unless you have extremely expensive hobbies.
Re:Yahoo’s Marissa Mayer to Make $186M from Verizon Deal
by ascagnel_ on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @03:55PM
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She didn't need the money -- she wanted the power that comes with being the CEO of a big corporation. And I'm willing to bet that applies to most CEOs of big companies, as well as the higher-ranked corporate officials jockeying for position.
The thing is, the reason you think this way is the same reason why you won't be as successful as her. Because by the time you make your 1MM, you won't take these big risks any more.
Money was clearly not the issue. She was at Google very early and ended up VP. Clearly she didn't need the money.