Linda Yaccarino was set up to fail (www.theverge.com)

submitted 1 year ago by Madison_rogue@kbin.social to c/technology@lemmy.ml

5 comments fedilink hide all child comments

The buzz out of the Code Conference this week is, naturally, all about the disastrous performance of X / Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino, who closed out the two-day affair in spectacular fashion. Vox’s Peter Kafka, who has been going to the conference since it started in 2008, called it “the weirdest session I’ve ever seen.” If I had to sum up the vibe as everyone trickled off to dinner afterward, it would be stunned disbelief. As for Yaccarino, she immediately fled the premises with her six-person security detail.

top 5 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[-] mateomaui@reddthat.com 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

She ~~took~~ practically begged for the job, no sympathy.

[-] Sinnerman@kbin.social -1 points 1 year ago

research has indicated that women and other minorities view risky job offers as the only chance they are likely to get.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass_cliff

[-] mateomaui@reddthat.com 1 points 1 year ago

fuck right off with that, I’ve read her history

[-] Zorque@kbin.social -1 points 1 year ago

There's risky, and then there's walking into a blender. This tends towards the latter.

[-] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml -2 points 1 year ago

I mean if Elon offered me the job as CEO of twitter, I would have absolutely taken it knowing full well I was set up to fail. I don't think Linda was ignorant of that fact. Now she may suck in tons of other ways, but I don't really see how her "performance" at the conference reflects on anyone but herself.

this post was submitted on 29 Sep 2023

0 points (NaN% liked)

Technology

34907 readers

272 users here now

This is the official technology community of Lemmy.ml for all news related to creation and use of technology, and to facilitate civil, meaningful discussion around it.

Ask in DM before posting product reviews or ads. All such posts otherwise are subject to removal.

Rules:

1: All Lemmy rules apply

2: Do not post low effort posts

3: NEVER post naziped*gore stuff

4: Always post article URLs or their archived version URLs as sources, NOT screenshots. Help the blind users.

5: personal rants of Big Tech CEOs like Elon Musk are unwelcome (does not include posts about their companies affecting wide range of people)

6: no advertisement posts unless verified as legitimate and non-exploitative/non-consumerist

7: crypto related posts, unless essential, are disallowed

founded 5 years ago

MODERATORS

MinutePhrase@lemmy.ml