Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by orangethirty 4783 days ago
But what happens to these hackers when they arrive to a company that has Yahoo's culture? That's their problem. Their culture is the same one as any shitty American company.
2 comments

She's trying to make a new culture by buying up A players as aqui-hires.

Question is, will it work long term or is it a shortsighted gimmicky strategy?

The essay addressed this:

> Put them all in a building in Silicon Valley, surrounded by lead shielding to protect them from any contact with Redmond.

Assuming Yahoo should do the same. :)

Does Yahoo! have a track record of doing this?
the mobile team is on one floor in one building at the sunnyvale campus