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Actually, there is no risk at all (if you know what's behind the covers). She is stagnating at Google. She had high ranking high influence positions at Google
by backspace 14y ago
Actually, there is no risk at all (if you know what's behind the covers).
She is stagnating at Google. She had high ranking high influence positions at Google but over the years has been relegated to a position that has little visibility and control, mostly due to her non execution. This is a great opportunity for her to make some serious cash and be the "top dog" in a kennel of average dogs, rather than the opposite at Google.
Also, even if she crashes and burns at Yahoo, she will get many more opportunities simply due to the brand recognition she has due to her tenure at Google.
- awakeasleep 14y agoCould you explain more what you mean by non-execution? I don't travel in circles where I have context for something like that and it sounds interesting.
- dtf 14y agoI had a CEO once who used to say "execute" a lot. I didn't really know what it meant either but it felt exciting when he said it. Sometimes I say it myself in the shower, when there's no-one within earshot.
- danellis 14y agoWhat, like "work harder or we'll execute the lot of you"?
- refurb 14y agoIt's typically used as a buzzword to describe "getting s$%t done that matters".
- sharkweek 14y agoMatt Cutts seems to disagree about her work -- https://twitter.com/mattcutts/status/224963111222910976 https://twitter.com/mattcutts/status/224963111222910976
- heretohelp 14y agoMatt Cutts is a public face for Google.
- MatthewPhillips 14y agoTo be fair, Matt Cutts is incapable of ever not being nice.
- mjwalshe 14y agoTrue but you know Matt is anothger posibly trophy hire at soem stage he is acting way above his pay grade if my company asked me to represnt them to congress etc I would say "cool" but I want a board seat first :-)
- mjwalshe 14y agoRealy you think that head hunting Matt Cutts is not many internet companies wet dream?
- jcampbell1 14y agoHe commented only on her intelligence and work ethic, not her work.
- jcampbell1 14y ago> mostly due to her non execution. I remember long ago hearing her push the notion that all design and interface decisions must be tested. I remember thinking that is just a recipe for non-execution with the goal of never being "wrong".
- gdilla 14y agoAnd if she crashes and burns, she gets what, 50million in an exit package? Why not take that.
- itsprofitbaron 14y agoMarissa was an early employee at Google, she was employee 20 there and Google's first female hire - she's worth ~$300 Million, I doubt she's doing this for the money.
- gdilla 14y agowell, it's more like, she has $300 Million now, but her compensation going forward now, win or lose, will probably dwarf that of staying put at Google and personal portfolio growth for the next few years. She's not doing it for the money, but her personal wealth only stands a huge boost.
- 3143 14y agoThat doesn't mean anything other than she was Larry Page's girlfriend at the time.