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Linda Yaccarino is leaving X

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539 points donohoe | 1 comments | 09 Jul 25 14:52 UTC | HN request time: 0.656s | source
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CyberMacGyver ◴[09 Jul 25 14:57 UTC] No.44510796[source]▶
One time they let her speak publicly it turned out to be a disaster. She never had any say and worst part is she was not even a good fall guy, it was clear who’s pulling the strings. The most immaterial and inconsequential hire ever.

I love all the replies on Twitter thanking her but during her time the valuation dropped 80% and they were suing advertisers for not advertising. Remarkably inept.

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sorcerer-mar ◴[09 Jul 25 15:10 UTC] No.44510983[source]▶
It's weird that you say both she had no material power and also seem to imply the valuation drop and lawsuits were due to her ineptitude?

Anyway she volunteered to be a puppet for a man who is clearly off the rails and her legacy will forever be stained.

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josefresco ◴[09 Jul 25 15:17 UTC] No.44511093[source]▶
Both things can be true: Valuation did drop during her tenure, AND she was not to blame.

Therefore the praise is weird, because she seemingly neither helped nor hurt the business.

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madeofpalk ◴[09 Jul 25 16:13 UTC] No.44511788[source]▶
One would imagine that a CEO lacking power is the precise reason a company would perform poorly.
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falcor84 ◴[09 Jul 25 16:48 UTC] No.44512212[source]▶
Indeed. It was such a paradoxical situation from the start, with her both reporting to Musk as the chairman and owner, while at the same time "managing" him as the CTO. I'm surprised that the charade went on for as long as it did.
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teyc ◴[09 Jul 25 22:18 UTC] No.44515268[source]▶
On Acquired podcast, Ballmer spoke of his experience as CEO with Gates as CTO. It was hell.
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prepend ◴[09 Jul 25 23:19 UTC] No.44515699[source]▶
I just listened to that episode yesterday and that’s not how I perceived it all. Ballmer barely described it as much as I remember.
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1. prng2021 ◴[10 Jul 25 03:11 UTC] No.44516824[source]▶
What’s there to perceive? Ballmer talked at length about how challenging it was and how often they disagreed on things.

“That's where I moved back to be president of the company and then CEO, and Bill and I went through a year where we didn't speak”

“Basically our wives were the ones who pushed us back together. We had a very awkward dinner at a health club down the street here, but we get back together. But we never really got the right mojo.”