Marissa Mayer’s Advice On Who To Hire

"She also talked about the joy of working with a team where every member was passionate about the project"

As a former employee I cared about my company, but only because they were the ones who paid me every two weeks. Expecting your employees to be teammates and to 'buy in' to your master plan doesn't work unless you back it up with real (monetary) incentives. I unfortunatly worked for a company who told me I was a 'partner', told me I would have shares of the company 'some day' and in the end it didn't mean anything.

Only the young and gullible buy into the "team" aspect when they are only an employee. Everyone has got to watch their own ass, or like me, employ their own ass and never have to worry about the axe falling again.

Contrast Steve Yegge: "Done, and Gets Things Smart"

http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2008/06/done-and-gets-things...

(Previously discussed: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=219425 )

Sweet she cribbed Joel Spolsky

http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000073.html

Dumb people that don't do anything.