96 posts and columns on engineering

Exclusive: Groupon Hires Amazonian as VP of Engineering, Opens Seattle Office

in Commerce on May 16 at 9:45 am PT

The Chicago-based daily deals company expects to announce the appointment of Vinayak Hegde as VP of engineering later this afternoon.
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News Byte

Twitter Pairs With UC Berkeley for Big Data 10

in Social on May 2 at 5:30 am PT

The University of California at Berkeley plans to offer a class on big data to its undergraduate students during the coming fall semester, focused specifically on data analysis as applied to Twitter’s never-ending flow of information. In the company’s first official joint effort with a higher-ed institution, Twitter engineers will advise students throughout the semester-long course. Enrollees will have access to some company data, and an opportunity to present a project at Twitter HQ at the end of the term.

Exclusive: Yahoo’s Chief Product Officer Blake Irving Resigns

in News on April 5 at 6:28 pm PT

Irving has left the purple building.
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It’s Official: Yahoo Lays Off 2,000 Employees — 14 Percent of Workforce

in News on April 4 at 6:22 am PT

CEO Scott Thompson promises that Yahoo, after staff cuts of 14 percent of the entire workforce, will be “smaller, nimbler, more profitable and better equipped to innovate as fast as our customers and our industry require.”
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Yahoo’s Layoffs Tomorrow Morning of up to 2,000 Will Only Be the First Move of a Larger Purge to Come

in News on April 3 at 3:16 pm PT

A dark day will probably dawn by tomorrow in Sunnyvale.
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Yahoo Layoffs Set to Begin Next Week, Followed by Restructuring the Week After

in News on March 30 at 9:00 am PT

And so it begins.
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Pinterest CEO Ben Silbermann’s Lesson for Start-Ups: Go Your Own Way

in Social on March 13 at 11:42 am PT

Telling people how to create and run their own Internet start-up is a booming mini-industry. But here’s Pinterest co-founder and CEO Ben Silbermann’s advice: “Don’t take too much advice.”
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Voices

Management Debt

in Voices on January 18 at 10:07 am PT

Like technical debt, management debt is incurred when you make an expedient, short-term management decision with an expensive, long-term consequence.

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What Now? Firing a Key Executive.

in Voices on December 7, 2011 at 10:45 am PT

You’re the CEO of a tech start-up and you’ve recently hired an engineering VP, but now you realize you’ve made a big mistake. What should you do?

Former Palm and Twitter Techie Mike Abbott Jumps From EIR at Benchmark to Kleiner Partner

in News on December 1, 2011 at 11:00 am PT

Well, that didn’t last long, Mike, but maybe the food was better at 2750 Sand Hill Road than at 2480 Sand Hill Road.
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Will Marc or Won’t He? Andreessen Mulling Yahoo Leadership Role in Bid.

in News, November 28, 2011 at 3:54 pm PT

The State of Social Sharing With Fred Wilson, Roger McNamee and More (Video)

in Social, November 20, 2011 at 9:51 am PT

A Few Questions for Yahoo Product Dude Blake Irving — Who, Thankfully, Does Not Want to Make a Bid (Video)

in Media, November 7, 2011 at 10:39 am PT

Exclusive: Twitter’s VP Engineering Mike Abbott Departs

in News, October 13, 2011 at 5:49 pm PT

HuffPo Hires Google Engineer Dierks

in Media, September 7, 2011 at 8:08 am PT

Zuckerberg Tops Vanity Fair’s “New Establishment” List Again (And Look Who’s No. 40)

in Media, August 31, 2011 at 9:00 pm PT

At Google, Page Seeks to Cut Red Tape

in News, March 25, 2011 at 1:01 pm PT

Asana Hires "COO-Type"–Van Zant First Biz Side Hire for Workplace Collaboration Start-Up

in News, March 21, 2011 at 6:19 pm PT

Exclusive: Microsoft Mulls Legally Poking Facebook Over Ad Talent Raid

in News, March 2, 2011 at 4:10 pm PT

With David Eun Departure, "The AOL Way" Makes Way for the Arianna Way

in News, February 25, 2011 at 6:00 am PT

Sony Ericsson Aims to Play Its Way Back Into Android Smartphone Lead

in Mobile, February 16, 2011 at 9:35 am PT

Nokia’s Microsoft Partnership: Does the New Strategy Add Up?

in Mobile, February 11, 2011 at 4:02 am PT

Cloudy With a Chance of Transformation: New Microsoft Server and Tools Head Satya Nadella Speaks!

in News, February 10, 2011 at 8:40 am PT

Bing Overlord Satya Nadella Promoted to President of Server and Tools at Microsoft

in News, February 9, 2011 at 8:24 am PT

LinkedIn Hires VP Engineering From Google

in Social, February 7, 2011 at 9:02 am PT