Talk about judging a book by its cover. Surprised as well that this sort of sentiment comes from a forum which loves to complain about hiring practices in tech.
Apologies; I had meant to start a conversation, not bash on them because of a few short videos.
Worth noting that "speak about strategy in front of a camera" is an important aspect of being a CEO, and that one of the videos was very similar to a common interview question. So I'm not sure this was entirely unfair; just not a very meaningful observation given its limited informedness.
I watched those videos and I don't think he said anything unreasonable. So what do people dislike about those videos? Communication style? Personal distaste?
I watched those two and I wouldn't work for that guy.
I know nothing about expedia but it sounds like airbnb ate their lunch. That and google.com/flights.
But that's just a few minutes. Hacker News tends to have smart people with domain specific knowledge. Any of those around who know this guy? What's your take?
Expedia owns a ton of business lines. You've almost certainly used them whether you realize it or not. They've diversified far beyond just selling hotel rooms. Definitely not Amazon level of dominance but not dying either.
Expedia is awesome. Rated best place to work in the UK, even in front of Google. They have hundreds of brands, which you certainly know and use whenever you travel.
They own hotels.com, which is doing incredibly well by any metrics you could think of. Last I checked, airbnb was about 2% of the bookings of hotels.com. It's negligible.
That being said, they are not competing. Hotels and BnB are not interchangeable.
Wow,downvotes. OK doke. Based on those two videos I wasn't impressed. And I stated that. And I asked what your opinion was. And I get down voted for that? I need to rethink if I want to be here. You all have a good day.
And I get down voted for that? I need to rethink if I want to be here.
If you had 10,000 karma at HN, could you trade those in at Starbucks for a free latte? No?
How about 1,000,000 karma? Could you trade those in at Delta for a free flight to Tahiti? No?
You can't take karma too seriously. Sometimes I've said something that I thought was adding to the conversation and I've been voted down a lot for it. Other times I've said something quick and flippant and earned some unexpected karma.
It's just HN fun points. Don't take the downvotes too seriously. I try not to.
But I have had 'dang' chastise me a few times, and I do try to pay attention to that, because he attempts to set the tone here. So if you avoid his wrath, you're cool.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsiiqlodKvU
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PNT2I2Xsxc
Overall I'm not impressed, but I'm curious what others' thoughts might be.