Mayer will be walking away with a $158M golden parachute[0], and will undoubtedly have another nice executive position lined up in no time.<p>It&#x27;s amazing how much respect she&#x27;s garnered in the tech community. From all the public info on her, she doesn&#x27;t seem to have much product vision - rather, she&#x27;s just a manager who&#x27;s good at making data-driven decisions (the infamous &quot;41 shades of blue&quot;[1]) to incrementally optimize products that already have their flywheels spinning, and got insanely lucky by betting on the right horse back in 1999.<p>0: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.usatoday.com&#x2F;story&#x2F;money&#x2F;markets&#x2F;2015&#x2F;12&#x2F;04&#x2F;marissa-mayer-severance-benefits&#x2F;76781384&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.usatoday.com&#x2F;story&#x2F;money&#x2F;markets&#x2F;2015&#x2F;12&#x2F;04&#x2F;maris...</a><p>1: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;stopdesign.com&#x2F;archive&#x2F;2009&#x2F;03&#x2F;20&#x2F;goodbye-google.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;stopdesign.com&#x2F;archive&#x2F;2009&#x2F;03&#x2F;20&#x2F;goodbye-google.html</a>