You've probably heard about this from N different sources by now.
Read this for context, too. Its a good analysis - integration-story wise and what it may mean to the developers and the hiring scene!
First up - all Yahoos who may not want to identify with the Redmond Giant are welcome at Ziva :D There's plenty of exciting work, both tech - IR, monetization, scaling up - and in building the brand both in the consumer and monetization space.
I cannot fathom how two pretty-much-the-opposite-of-each-other places will merge. Maybe MS should just keep Yahoo alive as a totally separate workplace, brand and just help out with corporate sales, and - well - does MS understand anything at all in the internet space ? OTOH, there's tons from Yahoo they could use inside MS - and use the Yahoo brand for pushing what they (might have) wanted to do with Live/Office online. But its a very huge expense for that alone.
I would love to believe Yahoo could have clawed its way back in terms of marketshare and profitability - but this might merely stem from some romanticism and wistfulness as part of my ex-Yahoo self. Microsoft was also part of the "other" for the longest time at Yahoo, so its even more painful.
Again, for all Yahoos who feel this pain and would rather find another place to relive the challenges, tech, possibility that the legend of Y once represented, you're welcome.
careers -AT- zivasoftware.com Mention "Ex-Yahoo" in the subject for an immediate read :)
Read this for context, too. Its a good analysis - integration-story wise and what it may mean to the developers and the hiring scene!
First up - all Yahoos who may not want to identify with the Redmond Giant are welcome at Ziva :D There's plenty of exciting work, both tech - IR, monetization, scaling up - and in building the brand both in the consumer and monetization space.
I cannot fathom how two pretty-much-the-opposite-of-each-other places will merge. Maybe MS should just keep Yahoo alive as a totally separate workplace, brand and just help out with corporate sales, and - well - does MS understand anything at all in the internet space ? OTOH, there's tons from Yahoo they could use inside MS - and use the Yahoo brand for pushing what they (might have) wanted to do with Live/Office online. But its a very huge expense for that alone.
I would love to believe Yahoo could have clawed its way back in terms of marketshare and profitability - but this might merely stem from some romanticism and wistfulness as part of my ex-Yahoo self. Microsoft was also part of the "other" for the longest time at Yahoo, so its even more painful.
Again, for all Yahoos who feel this pain and would rather find another place to relive the challenges, tech, possibility that the legend of Y once represented, you're welcome.
careers -AT- zivasoftware.com Mention "Ex-Yahoo" in the subject for an immediate read :)
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"First up - all Yahoos who may not want to identify with the Redmond Giant are welcome at Ziva :D."
ROTFL !
Vibhu, I'm dead serious! Having spent a year and half at Yahoo, i can assure you a lot of people will just not take too kindly to losing the work culture to a stiffer corporate kingdom - at least wrt what we had at the India Dev Center.
Of course, all non Yahoos not too happy with wherever they are welcome too :)
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