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Yahoo CEO Wrongly Claimed To Have Degree In Computer Science

Posted by samzenpus on from the was-that-wrong? dept.

jmcbain writes "Scott Thompson, Yahoo!'s CEO who was hired on January 4 of this year, was found to have lied about his CS degree from Stone Hill College. Investigation from an activist shareholder revealed that his degree was actually in accounting, and apparently Thompson had been going with this lie since the time he served as president of PayPal's payments unit."

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  1. I would've went with accounting by outsider007 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yahoo needs an accounting CEO more than a cs one lately.

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    1. Re:I would've went with accounting by narcc · · Score: 4, Funny

      That's the current standard, isn't it?

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    2. Re:I would've went with accounting by Kenja · · Score: 4, Funny

      Yea... an accountant. He already said that.

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    3. Re:I would've went with accounting by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      No, it's redundant.

    4. Re:I would've went with accounting by Black+Parrot · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yea... an accountant. He already said that.

      To retread an old joke about politicians:

      Q: How do you know an accountant is lying?

      A: His pencil is moving.

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    5. Re:I would've went with accounting by Greyfox · · Score: 5, Funny

      Obviously not a very good one. He seems to be having trouble accounting for a CS degree...

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    6. Re:I would've went with accounting by schroedingers_hat · · Score: 3, Funny

      Mu.

  2. Doesn't that make him a better CEO? by JoeMerchant · · Score: 5, Funny

    Pathological disregard for others makes a more ruthless and efficient leader, isn't that what shareholders want?

    1. Re:Doesn't that make him a better CEO? by siddesu · · Score: 2, Funny

      Also, what is a computer scientist if not a bit and byte accountant? A virtual bean counter, so to speak. And considering the mess that is the tax law, the algorithms an accountant knows and uses may be more complex than anything Knuth can teach you.

    2. Re:Doesn't that make him a better CEO? by Concerned+Onlooker · · Score: 3, Funny

      Yeah, but the only pattern he knows is producer-consumer.

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    3. Re:Doesn't that make him a better CEO? by sg_oneill · · Score: 3, Funny

      Yeah, but the only pattern he knows is producer-consumer.

      The problem for yahoo though, is that google is the singleton.

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  3. Ironically by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    A quick Google search would have exposed his charade a long time ago.

    1. Re:Ironically by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      I think a Yahoo search would have been even more ironical...

  4. "Wrongly claimed.." by 3Cats · · Score: 5, Funny

    I asked my son if he broke the neighbor's window, he "wrongly claimed" that he didn't.

    My boss asked me if I was coming in to work today and I "wrongly claimed" I was ill.

    "Sweetheart, I am not "wrongly claiming" when I told you I never slept with your sister. It was an "inadvertent error" ..I *LIKE* this !

  5. Re:One should be proud *not* to have a CS degree by Anne_Nonymous · · Score: 4, Funny

    >> If you want to rise to the top

    The cream floats to the top...but so do dead fish.

  6. Shocked by frovingslosh · · Score: 3, Funny

    Someone who worked at PayPay lied? I'm shocked!

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  7. Re:firstly by lightknight · · Score: 3, Funny

    This may be too early, but didn't you hear? He has a law degree -> it's say so right there on his resume.

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