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Yahoo’s New Algorithm Lays Off 1,500

yangfilo1994Call it the end of the dot-com era, but I watched Jerry Yang leave as CEO and felt a little sad. Now there’s the announcement of 1,500 layoffs at his baby, Yahoo!

I remember being in the Bay Area during the dot-com boom and I still wax nostalgic about those days of free name-brand breakfast cereal in the kitchen, cigars and booze. Now, we’re all unemployed, eating generic breakfast cereal for dinner and dreaming that one day we might have benefits.  … Here’s a drink to the visionaries!