<![CDATA[Comments from BaldDog]]> <![CDATA[Comments from BaldDog]]> <![CDATA[BaldDog commented on Yahoo's real leadership problem: David Filo]]> @princesscrap:

Laurie Mann, is that you? No one else I know could be so clueless about what makes people tick.

Didn't you learn anything in those classes that HR made you go to?

]]> <![CDATA[BaldDog commented on Yahoo's real leadership problem: David Filo]]> It's about time someone pointed this out. Yes, Filo is smart. Yes, even as a billionaire he still contributes to the development and production environments at Yahoo, but Filo is not a leader. Not by a long shot.

The title that always came to my mind was "meddler." After he had picked at the body of your project, it was hard to be enthusiastic about the bloody carcass you were left with. The decisions that he forced on my group, ostensibly to save money on hardware, caused us to burn man hours instead. We didn't save any money, and morale went into the toilet. This scenario played itself out repeatedly. Filo was also long on criticism and short on praise. I could have carved the Venus de Milo for him, and his only comment would have been "She doesn't have arms." He's just not an inspiration.

Maybe it's time for Filo to take a breather.

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