It’s almost certainly a poisoned chalice but you’ve got to assume a minor salary increase and a fat relocation bonus, and so I was of course waiting hopefully by the ‘phone for the star head hunter John Thompson to call me up and offer me the Yahoo CEO job. Given the cloud that Jerry Yang’s gone out under, in all seriousness I’d do a better job.
Then my bubble was burst! Paul Carr’s latest column in The Guardian (and blogged about here) contains a strong list of left of field candidates. Heck, I’m even more left field, and then I got to number #3 on the list … Owen Thomas soon to be ex- of Valleywag … and then I read the cons for his selection. Bastard! That’s me out of the running on the same logic too!
No CEO pay check or Silicon Valley lifestyle for me … so will have to make do with the fact that newest trainers alone are cooler than any likely successful candidate ;-).