Verizon closes $4.5B acquisition of Yahoo, Marissa Mayer resigns
I find it interesting that the comments section of the WSJ (a pretty capitalist-friendly corner of the internet) is filled with complaints about Mayer&#x27;s &quot;overpay&quot; as CEO and outrage over her &quot;golden parachute,&quot; while HN (a much less capitalist-friendly corner of the internet) has gone through 40 comments and I&#x27;ve only seen a couple questioning her pay as CEO, and several comments praising her job in the role.<p>Take away Marissa Mayer from this story, and replace her with a generic CEO, and I&#x27;m not sure we&#x27;d see the same mood in either comment section.<p>Why is this? Is this because she&#x27;s from Google? Because she&#x27;s a former engineer? Because she&#x27;s a female CEO? Is she just a politically polarizing topic ala Elon Musk?<p>Genuinely curious. Anyone have any ideas?