In her defense, Mayer owes her position at Yahoo to being one of the first few Google employees, and she remained near the top of the food chain for a reason. It's not like she didn't do real work, including some coding, in order to get to where she is today.
She was a reasonable choice for CEO at Yahoo. It's quite possible her female-ness helped her get the job, but she was as qualified as any of the guys they might have considered.
-- The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 14 2017, @04:24AM (1 child)
She also rose fast in her fame due to her gender. Goes around, comes around.
(Score: 3, Informative) by Thexalon on Wednesday June 14 2017, @02:02PM
In her defense, Mayer owes her position at Yahoo to being one of the first few Google employees, and she remained near the top of the food chain for a reason. It's not like she didn't do real work, including some coding, in order to get to where she is today.
She was a reasonable choice for CEO at Yahoo. It's quite possible her female-ness helped her get the job, but she was as qualified as any of the guys they might have considered.
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.