Twitter has been hit with a seemingly non-stop run of high profile product head departures. Two of its top engineering staffers, its head of Analytics and its VP of Engineering, resigned at the end of October. They were followed the next day by a new face as Twitter's VP of Product.
Costolo was asked about the departures on Wednesday during Twitter's first analyst call, in a roundabout way. An analyst posed the question, "Are you a better CEO now than you were a year ago?"
Costolo replied with a quip along the lines of, "Is this an IQ test?" He then explained his thought process around the recent spate of resignations, suggesting that he initiated the departures. He said that as head of the company, he has to make "courageous decisions" even if he knows he's going to get "the crap beat out of [him]" in the media fallout. He said he couldn't let...
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