Tony Tam

Category: yahoo

  • Only Room For 3

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    The first thing my manager said to me when he walked in was that he heard Yahoo! News retained the #1 spot again in December. I’m a bit obsessed with statistics. The first day I joined Yahoo! in 1999, that was the first thing I looked at, and I continued to dig through the data…

  • Be Proud To Be A Yahoo!

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    Jeff posted a great list of product launches by Yahoo! in 2005 Read the list and be amazed at what fellow Yahoo! employees have accomplished http://boulter.com/blog/2005/12/26/yahoos-2005-the-year-of-the-product/

  • Yahoo!’s History Matters, Damn It!

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    Sometimes software engineers forget the importance of history. I often sit in meetings at Yahoo! when someone goes on a rant about how bad some of the legacy Yahoo! technology was. I’m referring to HF2K and another technology known as idaho. Which were written almost completely in house and are the equivalent of PHP today.…

  • Working In Yahoo! Santa Monica

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    The above is scallion+ginger fried rice, wonton soup (no noodles) and chilli pepper+salt fried squid, perfect HK style food. This week I’m working in the Yahoo!’s Santa Monica campus.  I’m enjoying the change of scenery and I get to work side by side with George for a week.  Some initial thoughts on this building. It…

  • Personalized Plates: “A YAHOO”

    Personalized Plates: “A YAHOO”

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    Wanted to dress up my Honda Element with some personalized plates.  I couldn’t believe “A YAHOO” was not taken.  I’ve got ‘YHOONWS‘ and ‘YAHOONS‘ as well. DMV: Get yours here This is available as a kids plate

  • Yahoo! Inc. Cheapness Pays Off

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    When I joined Yahoo! in 1999, back then it was still the near the peak of the bubble.  I immediately noticed something very different about Yahoo! from the company I just left, SGI (formerly Silicon Graphics) Yahoo! was cheap with what they gave their employees.  They gave me a white box PC from a Taiwan…

  • What don’t you like about your job?

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    Someone asked me tonight.  “You seem to like your job, now tell me one thing you don’t like about your job” I pondered that question and I can’t think of a single thing.  I think I’m either in denial or I’m one hell of a lucky guy. I love the pressure of the working for…

  • Tony the Lifer

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    I was having ramen at Ryowa in Berkeley with someone I met who was  a consultant.  I told her I worked at Yahoo! for 6 years already, she was shocked at first then she said it’s ok, there are a bunch of “lifers” at her company as well. Somehow that didn’t make me feel better…

  • Beginning of a new year at Yahoo!

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    Well our fiscal year 2006 started on Oct 1st.  Here comes the annual reviews, quarterly objective for the next quarter.  Every year I vow to be more organized and more accountable for my time at work.  I vow to keep track of all the little distractions that keep me for focusing on the high priority…

  • Work To Live or Live To Work?

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    Work To Live or Live To Work? It’s an age old question and people have different perspectives on this. Of course there is your family and friends who see a completely different side of you for like 4 hours a day and weekend time and of course those are the people who will always be…