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Re:How Hard Could it Be? Joel Spolsky recalls what it was li... by natrius on Thursday June 26, 2008 @01:59PM (#228869)
Terry Semel had previous experience managing a large media company, which is what Yahoo wanted to become at the time he was hired.
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Re:How Hard Could it Be? Joel Spolsky recalls what it was li... by neilc on Thursday June 26, 2008 @02:05PM (#228878)
Sure, but he didn't have experience as a technology executive, and couldn't call "bullshit" on technical claims made by people reporting to him -- which is Joel's argument for why this sort of CEO isn't often a good idea.
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