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I know Elon is sometimes not popular around here, but how many CEOs at that level would know that level of details abouts the NNs. (he is totally in the weeds,
by misiti3780 7y ago
I know Elon is sometimes not popular around here, but how many CEOs at that level would know that level of details abouts the NNs. (he is totally in the weeds, but that is very cool IMO)
I'd love to work there, but I know I would not put in the effort to pass the coding tests.
- new_realist 7y agoWorking for a manager who thinks they know the details, but are sophomorically off in the weeds, seems the worst of all possible worlds.
- bb88 7y agoWell, you mean besides any other CEO where software is a core part of their core business?
- Cshelton 7y agoYou'd be shocked. I had a meeting with a CTO of a F100 company, can't say who, but when talking about what encryption methods we use he was completely lost and asked to gear the conversation to be less technical. ...This meeting was scheduled as the "technical" meeting mind you. Most executives at that level in F500 companies are so far out of the "weeds".
- ackbar03 7y agoI've pretty much accepted as a rule of thumb the higher up you are in management the less you actually know about what your business actually does
- jacobsenscott 7y agoThe further down in the trenches you are the less you know about what those higher up in management are doing. The higher up in management you are the less you know about what the people down in the trenches are doing. That's fine because except for a few outliers both groups of people are doing the work that they need to do to make the company work.
- grecy 7y agoYou don't even have to go "high" up. The Director of IT at the Telco I worked at didn't know what IPv6 is, didn't know how to setup her own wifi at home, didn't know the difference between WAN and LAN, etc. etc. Literally had never written a line of code, or built a computer. Was decent at making powerpoint presentations though.
- chriscappuccio 7y agoI'd say this is the exact opposite of shocking.
- rurban 7y agoThe only other high profile CEO who knew his product technically inside out was Honda, no one else. Huge respect for Elon.
- misiti3780 7y agoI have consulted with multiple software companies, two of which got acquired for millions of dollars, where the CEO could not connect to WIFI on a mac. I also personally know a CEO of a medical device company (software based programmable IVs, whose company was also very successful) who didnt even know how to use email. He would have his secretary print out the email, he would write a response, and she would type it up and send it. I'm not saying these are the norm per say, but it's possible to be the CEO of the software company and been technically illiterate.
- starpilot 7y agoThe guy has a master's degree in physics. My friend was a SpaceXer and said Elon could ask really pointed questions about forces, temperatures, combustion processes, materials, and so on because he really understood the fundamental science.
- misiti3780 7y agoYa I know. I think i remember reading somewhere (probably in that biography) that he actually basically self-educated himself to PhD level in aerospace engineering while starting SpaceX.
- rayiner 7y agoMany of them? 1/3 of Fortune 500 CEOs majored in engineering. For decades, the CEO of Intel was a process engineer. The current CEO of AMD is also a process engineer. You bet they know the details of their chip design and manufacturing process. Ginny Rometty, CEO of IBM for more than a decade, had a degree in computer science and electrical engineering. The current Boeing CEO is an aerospace engineer. They’ve not necessarily been amazing leaders, but I bet they know what language Watson/Boeing’s control code is written in.
- nexuist 7y agoDennis Muilenburg was fired. The current CEO of Boeing is a finance guy if I remember correctly.