I love my job
Just thought I’d reassure everyone that I still love my job at Yahoo!. Why am I saying this? Because it seems like everytime I turn around, someone is asking if I regret choosing Yahoo! over Google. Yes, the Yahoo! stock has taken a beating lately and Google successfully bought YouTube, but does that make working at Yahoo! any less exciting? No way.
I love my job at Yahoo!, love the people I work with, love the company. Is it perfect? Of course not, no job ever is. But I’ve never thought I made the wrong choice. And would I recommend Yahoo! to others? Of course I would. There’s so much cool stuff going on, I constantly feel lucky to be surrounded by such smart, talented people. I feel like I’ve learned so much in the short time I’ve been here. I have no doubt that this is exactly where I’m supposed to be right now. Yodelling.
Disclaimer: Any viewpoints and opinions expressed in this article are those of Nicholas C. Zakas and do not, in any way, reflect those of my employer, my colleagues, Wrox Publishing, O'Reilly Publishing, or anyone else. I speak only for myself, not for them.
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9 Comments
Sounds quite interesting. Seems to be a nice place to work. Following other reports it is cool that the smart and talented people work for both, Google and Yahoo. They seem to share them.
Sebastian Werner on October 22nd, 2006 at 4:33 am
yea, choosing google may have been the easy way out. The new yahoo mail beta rocks!
anonymous on October 22nd, 2006 at 8:42 am
It can’t be all that great. I’m not there!
Jeremy on October 22nd, 2006 at 11:38 am
Right on.
Bradley Baumann on October 23rd, 2006 at 12:33 am
Good to hear you are enjoying your new job. Hopefully it isn’t getting in the way of the new book you’ve been telling us about though.
Kevin Lamping on October 23rd, 2006 at 10:02 am
Nicholas: It’s great to see that you get your job satisfaction from some other source than the value of the company stock and/or your options. Too bad that it sounds like so many people around you would assume otherwise.
Jim Minatel on October 23rd, 2006 at 11:45 am
Here here. Agreed. It’s a good place to be.
Dustin Diaz on October 24th, 2006 at 1:44 pm
Kevin – don’t worry, I’m still feverishly pounding away that new book. Yes, probably rapidly approaching burnout, but that’s what the holidays are for: to relax and recharge!
Nicholas C. Zakas on October 24th, 2006 at 7:54 pm
Glad to see that you talk the same way in person that you do on your blog. Keep it up man.
Adam Platti on October 28th, 2006 at 11:52 am
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