This "I quit" letter by my friend Stewart Butterfield is making the rounds. Stewart., the co-founder of Flickr, is — how shall I say? — smart, unusual and a tireless ironist. With that context in mind, his letter to Brad Garlinghouse at Yahoo telling him that he was leaving is really just par for the course. Nevertheless, it is the most drily amusing "I quit!" letter I have seen.
Dear Brad.
As you know, tin is in my blood. For generations my family has worked this most useful of metals. When I joined Yahoo! back in ’21, it was a sheet-tin concern of great momentum, growth and innovation. I knew it was the place for me.
Over the decades as the company grew and expanded, first into dyes and punches, into copper, corrugated steel, synthesized rubber, piping, milling equipment, engines, instruments, weaponry, and so on. I still felt at home, because tin was the core of the business.
After the war, ….
Read the whole thing.
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