Yahoo CEO Wrongly Claimed To Have Degree In Computer Science

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."

I would've went with accounting

[outsider007]

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

Doesn't that make him a better CEO?

[JoeMerchant]

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

Re:Doesn't that make him a better CEO?

[siddesu]

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.

Ironically

[Anonymous Coward]

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

"Wrongly claimed.."

[3Cats]

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 !

Re:Doesn't that make him a better CEO?

[Concerned Onlooker]

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

Re:I would've went with accounting

[narcc]

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

Re:Doesn't that make him a better CEO?

[sg_oneill]

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

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

Re:Ironically

[Anonymous Coward]

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

Re:I would've went with accounting

[Kenja]

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

Re:I would've went with accounting

[Anonymous Coward]

No, it's redundant.

Re:One should be proud *not* to have a CS degree

[Anne_Nonymous]

>> If you want to rise to the top

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

Shocked

[frovingslosh]

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

Re:firstly

[lightknight]

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

Re:I would've went with accounting

[Black Parrot]

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.

Re:I would've went with accounting

[Greyfox]

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

Re:I would've went with accounting

[schroedingers_hat]

Mu.