The .NET Sweatshop (v2)"My life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can." - George Bernard ShawPeanut Butter Jelly Time (Part II)- December 27, 2006 Following up on the Yahoo memo, I found it interesting to read the section regarding the effort level at Yahoo. I believe the larger your company grows, the harder it is to get everybody driving hard--especially at the levels of a startup. For as much as people love to lobby for the "startup mentality" at large companies, I think that's rare to get that to happen. I would love to tell my team to operate like a startup, but if my VP (or for that matter anyone up to Steve Ballmer & Bill...http://blogs.msdn.com/sandyk/archive/2006/12/27/peanut-butter-jelly-time-part-ii.aspx Peanut Butter Jelly Time (Part I)- December 21, 2006 The shakeup at Yahoo is a fascinating reflection of the life and times of a tech company. Now many consider Yahoo a competitor to Microsoft and I have no interest in disparaging their company, but this is an interesting business case study and there is a lot of learn here from a strictly academic perspective. So ignore my MS bias and assume my statements are made from the perspective of a innocent bystander. Seems like even before the shakeup, there'd been a lot of dissension over at Yahoo,...http://blogs.msdn.com/sandyk/archive/2006/12/21/peanut-butter-jelly-time-part-i.aspx Dude, you got a Zune- December 1, 2006 Why yes, I did. In the words of Jim Newkirk, I "drank the Kool-Aid" and picked one up. Rarely have I seen such a fascinating launch of a product from Microsoft--it's certainly the most interesting in my 5+ years here. The first thing everyone does is compare it to the iPod (fair) and proclaim that it's a failure because it doesn't completely measure up (not fair, at least IMHO). Personally, I spent a lot of time debating whether I'd get one or not. I definitely...http://blogs.msdn.com/sandyk/archive/2006/12/01/dude-you-got-a-zune.aspx |