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Vaporized

Date

1/17/2008 09:54:00 PM [permalink]

Author

yahooza

Entry

Whoa.

I expected a change, though I would have never predicted today's whirlwind of changes for m' Answers comrades. Fifteen months ago, the team still held strong under dire floggin' by powers-that-be and product managers to add features and deliver within short release cycles. Now, it's clean-up time, much like the post-season gutting of the 1997 World Series champions, Florida Marlins. Due to financial difficulties, the team owner purged the core of the roster. Not exactly the correct metaphor, but you get the idea.

I don't know details, nor would I disclose 'em if I did. It's disheartening to hear such news, but that's the way the cookie crumbles, I reckon.

Also:
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/18/yahoo-asks-employees-to-turn-in-computers/
http://cineoctoboo.com/index.php/2008/01/17/cant-d....
http://whatstheplot.com/blog/2008/01/19/y-answers-dev-to-be-in-europe/
http://www.shmula.com/457/overmanaged-and-underled

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Comments

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1.  mario:

   thanks for coming out tonight. t'was nice to see everyone again, even if under rather unfortunate circumstances.
   
   re yanswers:
   
   "i[t] could'a been somebody, i[t] coulda been a contender."

   Friday, January 18, 2008 11:45:00 PM