Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Fake Jerry Yang

Daniel Lyons, the writer behind Fake Steve Jobs, is usually funny as hell. Now he is bringing it up to 11 by having Fake Jerry Yang as a guest blogger. If you thought Fake Steve was funny, this is even better.


It is not better because it is funnier, but because it is so right on the money that it makes you wonder just how many people in Yahoo are leaking information to Lyons. If you got burned by the first dot com bubble, then this is the kind of writing that will split your seams.


It is also a little bit sad. Most of us probably know a former boss that got sidelined without his knowledge. One day the poor guy found himself with no reports, or people simply stopped going to his meetings. And the guy simply kept on plowing. Or doing the same dumb shit that would eventually cost him his job.


Just to start the day, he posted a page where Yahoo employees can quickly make their resignation letters simply by filling a web form. Check it out here.



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