"Yahoo CEO in Spotlight Over Resume Flap"

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The Righteous Hacksaw's picture

I see Blake as the personification of both the left and right tails of the distribution of human intelligence. 

Part autistic Masters weilding Zuckerberg genius; part Gilbert Grape.

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Black Swan's picture

I used to smoke pot and go to class.  

Sneak in ten minutes late with a bullsh*t excuse.  

Slink down low at my desk.  

Pray to god nobody asked me any questions.

I was the best teacher ever.

Black Swan's picture

http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_20544397/yahoo-ceo-degree-misstated-review-scott-thompson-resign

Sonnenfeld said Thompson sought the job. “He went after the search committee. He’s put his résumé together. It’s not like somebody got confused in a Wikipedia entry or something.”

I used to smoke pot and go to class.  

Sneak in ten minutes late with a bullsh*t excuse.  

Slink down low at my desk.  

Pray to god nobody asked me any questions.

I was the best teacher ever.

itera's picture

Hope. It is the quintessential human delusion, simultaneously the source of your greatest strength, and greatest weakness.

itera's picture

He’s fried.  All Yahoo has to do is have 1 email from him resume attached and with his “cs degree” on it, and it’s all over.  And I’m sure they have it, all they’re trying to do right now is to see how they can lessen the blow.

Hope. It is the quintessential human delusion, simultaneously the source of your greatest strength, and greatest weakness.

higgmond's picture

He’ll be fine.  Blake is currently calling in favors from his vast network of executives (and their assistants) and will soon make this right.  I predict that by the end of the week: Third Point will be disolved, Mr. Loeb will be rendered to an undisclosed Eastern European country, and Mr. Thompson will be fully vindicated when Stonehill announces that they forgot that they actually did grant him a CS degree.

You can fondle the cube, but it will not respond.

ohai's picture

And Chipotle will add extra tomatoes to their salsa!

“I’m a CPA! I got money b***h!”

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5 star thread, would read again.

Honestly, this is  what I call a cool story bros. Such a riveting tale, I honestly copy and pasted it to word, saved on my hard drive, backed it up on a jump drive, drove to the bank, put the jump drive in the safe deposit box, and will leave it there until my kids turn about 12 (when they can actually state their age, and ask what it is I’m showing them), when I will pick it up, put it in an old USB drive reader and relay this cool story to them and tell them, “kids, this is what a cool story should look and sound like…not like the stories your generation tells.

~~~~~Live. Laugh. Love.~~~~~

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Blake McCallister wrote:

5 star thread, would read again.

Honestly, this is  what I call a cool story bros. Such a riveting tale, I honestly copy and pasted it to word, saved on my hard drive, backed it up on a jump drive, drove to the bank, put the jump drive in the safe deposit box, and will leave it there until my kids turn about 12 (when they can actually state their age, and ask what it is I’m showing them), when I will pick it up, put it in an old USB drive reader and relay this cool story to them and tell them, “kids, this is what a cool story should look and sound like…not like the stories your generation tells.

So, AF, would this post be a like or a dislike in your book? Personally, I would definitely give this the ol’ “thumbs up”

“I lost my wife to a margin call. Wives get mad when you come home and say, ‘Sweetheart, I lost the house today.’” - Dennis Gartman on trading mistakes

Black Swan's picture

bromion wrote:

Blake McCallister wrote:

5 star thread, would read again.

Honestly, this is  what I call a cool story bros. Such a riveting tale, I honestly copy and pasted it to word, saved on my hard drive, backed it up on a jump drive, drove to the bank, put the jump drive in the safe deposit box, and will leave it there until my kids turn about 12 (when they can actually state their age, and ask what it is I’m showing them), when I will pick it up, put it in an old USB drive reader and relay this cool story to them and tell them, “kids, this is what a cool story should look and sound like…not like the stories your generation tells.

So, AF, would this post be a like or a dislike in your book? Personally, I would definitely give this the ol’ “thumbs up”

You do realize that the best Blake here could come up with is an old reddit repost that’s been circulating the internet since some 13 year old first banged it out on his Macintosh a little over 15 years ago.

I used to smoke pot and go to class.  

Sneak in ten minutes late with a bullsh*t excuse.  

Slink down low at my desk.  

Pray to god nobody asked me any questions.

I was the best teacher ever.

bromion's picture

Actually I’ve never read that, I thought Blake was making an original funny. I’d still give it a sympathy like since he has a Master’s degree.

“I lost my wife to a margin call. Wives get mad when you come home and say, ‘Sweetheart, I lost the house today.’” - Dennis Gartman on trading mistakes

itera's picture

yea I didn’t catch that either

Hope. It is the quintessential human delusion, simultaneously the source of your greatest strength, and greatest weakness.

Blake McCallister's picture

Black Swan wrote:

bromion wrote:

Blake McCallister wrote:

5 star thread, would read again.

Honestly, this is  what I call a cool story bros. Such a riveting tale, I honestly copy and pasted it to word, saved on my hard drive, backed it up on a jump drive, drove to the bank, put the jump drive in the safe deposit box, and will leave it there until my kids turn about 12 (when they can actually state their age, and ask what it is I’m showing them), when I will pick it up, put it in an old USB drive reader and relay this cool story to them and tell them, “kids, this is what a cool story should look and sound like…not like the stories your generation tells.

So, AF, would this post be a like or a dislike in your book? Personally, I would definitely give this the ol’ “thumbs up”

You do realize that the best Blake here could come up with is an old reddit repost that’s been circulating the internet since some 13 year old first banged it out on his Macintosh a little over 15 years ago.

You fell for it a few months ago and your response was hysterical.  It was either the CB radio thread or the “hucking ledges” thread about Tucks.

Did you ever end up getting that CB radio so you could talk to truckers?  If so, did it prevent you from having your driver’s license revoked again?  LMAO

~~~~~Live. Laugh. Love.~~~~~

Blake McCallister's picture

Wow, I’m up to 231 points now and I really want to get my free t-shirt.

Can you fools keep posting and speculating about what Scott Thompson did and how the CFAI is going to make him accountable?  LMAO

~~~~~Live. Laugh. Love.~~~~~

Black Swan's picture

Blake, based on what I’ve been able to peice together, you’re a 30 something (at least)  year old who is unmarried and I presume very lonely, who does programming associated with large data fields and spends his time on the Internet bragging about the executives he knows while between fast food arguments involving reddit reposts and the phrase “LMAO” like a 12 year old boy.  I don’t even have to win this for you to lose each and every day of your sad existence.  I actually feel kinda bad.

I used to smoke pot and go to class.  

Sneak in ten minutes late with a bullsh*t excuse.  

Slink down low at my desk.  

Pray to god nobody asked me any questions.

I was the best teacher ever.

Blake McCallister's picture

Black Swan wrote:

Blake, based on what I’ve been able to peice together, you’re a 30 something (at least)  year old who is unmarried and I presume very lonely, who does programming associated with large data fields and spends his time on the Internet bragging about the executives he knows while between fast food arguments involving reddit reposts and the phrase “LMAO” like a 12 year old boy.  I don’t even have to win this for you to lose each and every day of your sad existence.  I actually feel kinda bad.

Didn’t think I would see the “feel bad for you post” in this thread.  It’s certainly an internet classic.  That’s the equivalent of hanging on to a piece of twine trying to survive a hurricane.  Just give up man. 

But if you have Scott Thompson’s resume please post it out here, I’d love to see it.

~~~~~Live. Laugh. Love.~~~~~

itera's picture

Blake is in denial bec the truth has been spurted out.  Hidden behind a screen and keyboard, he’s feeling the pain of sadness on the inside while still forcing himself to bring forth the troll mask that has become the dual identity he created to escape that which he tries not to be, but subconsciously knows that he is.

Hope. It is the quintessential human delusion, simultaneously the source of your greatest strength, and greatest weakness.

Mobius Striptease's picture

Blake McCallister wrote:

It seems I am the only person on this forum who deals with executives and their assistants

assistant executives or assistants TO the executives?

FrankArabia's picture

i always thought blake was a funny guy…..

Supersadface's picture

FrankArabia wrote:

i always thought blake was a funny guy insufferably rude in every post he’s ever put up on AF.  

Went ahead and fixed that for you, Frank.  You’re welcome.

FrankArabia's picture

supersad, maybe he likes you……sometimes guys are mean cause they’re too scared to express their true feelings…..

itera's picture

higgmond wrote:

Sarbanes-Oxley only requires that CEO’s certify the appropriateness of their financial statements and disclosures and to certify that they fairly present, in all material respects, the operations and financial condition of the company.  SOX does not require that the CEO certify that every statement made in a filing is correct.  That being said, Mr. Thompson should be aware of what is in his biography, particularly since it has been incorrect for a long time now.  

I believe you are incorrect 

”” The Sarbanes-Oxley Act, a 2002 law that stiffened the accountability standards for public firms, takes a stark view on the matter. Both CEOs and CFOs are required to certify that their SEC reports are accurate. Violators face penalties of up to 20 years in prison and fines of up to $5 million. “”

Hope. It is the quintessential human delusion, simultaneously the source of your greatest strength, and greatest weakness.

higgmond's picture

^ is that an interpretation or something stated in SOX?  I pasted the “certify the appropriateness of their financial statements and disclosures and to certify that they fairly present, in all material respects, the operations and financial condition of the company” part from SOX.  I’d be lying if I said I was a SOX expert though.

You can fondle the cube, but it will not respond.

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