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Anyone hoping for a warts-and-all, venom-spitting 'Parthian shot' from fleeing Yahoos will be sadly disappointed by the leaving note from star develop Bradley Horowitz.
He describes his four years at Yahoo in only the most glowing terms, saying he had only ever meant to stay for a year but was " taken aback by the level of passion and talent there".
Instead of finding management peeing on his bonfire of ideas, "they were the wind at my back, pouring gas on the fire, inviting me and challenging me to do more and more provocative things".
"So in this manner, nearly four years flew by. I had a dream job that I had the luxury of creating for myself. It was a perfect fit between my inclinations and abilities, and Yahoo's needs at the time."
He was even allowed to invent his own job title, which, in suitable real-grass-floors-internet-company-style, he tailored to fit the acronym ADD: advanced development
director.
In a Q&A with himself, he said he hadn't lost faith with Yahoo's leadership and says the new strategy for change is "spot-on".
"I have no more insight into the current MSFT/YHOO discussions than any avid reader of the NYT, WSJ, etc. Given my trajectory, I honestly haven't invested a lot of time or energy wondering which scenarios would play out best for Yahoo. I have faith that Yahoo's board and management will optimize for the best possible outcome."
So no clues there then. And now he's off to Google...
Source: elatable.com
