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Re:Marissa Mayer on career growth and how a revenue guarante... by pilsetnieks on Tuesday April 09, 2019 @07:45PM (#19620187)
Or they needed someone with experience to do a controlled descent with minimum casualties instead of a fiery crash.
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Re:Marissa Mayer on career growth and how a revenue guarante... by kelnos on Tuesday April 09, 2019 @08:25PM (#19620463)
How was Marissa Mayer that person, though?
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Re:Marissa Mayer on career growth and how a revenue guarante... by pilsetnieks on Tuesday April 09, 2019 @09:36PM (#19620925)
I'm guessing better than GP anyway. Or call it a smokescreen if you will, distracting people by making loud decisions while the board got ready for winding down everything. I mean I'm guessing - we'll never know for sure unless someone from Yahoo's leadership comes forward and lays it all out.
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Re:Marissa Mayer on career growth and how a revenue guarante... by Phlarp on Tuesday April 09, 2019 @09:43PM (#19620965)
Likely an understanding that she would unwind the company gracefully without touching the shiney glass case full of $BABA and a trust that should would execute that understanding faithfully.
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