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Culture and people are great at Yahoo!

Senior Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Yahoo for 20 years
August 9, 2012
Sunnyvale, California
4.0
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEO
Pros

Yahoo has some great and smart people in the company. The culture is also great, and the company has a lot of perks.

Since the new CEO, the company looks very promising.

Cons

Note, my comments are pre-Mayer times. I feel that it is a very self-serve model. It is your responsibility to advance your career. It is your responsibility to file a patent.

Also, I feel that there is too much in-house technology. This is fine, if you provide sufficient engineer resource. Otherwise, I believe this company needs to use more open-source.

Direction of the company is always changing, which is due to the many management changes. We finally found a consistent direction with the new CEO.

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