A CEO also gets high pay because of their performance can be measured. Stock price, how soon a crisis is handled, employee attrition, and etc. I forgot who disc

A CEO also gets high pay because of their performance can be measured. Stock price, how soon a crisis is handled, employee attrition, and etc. I forgot who discussed it in depth, maybe Paul Graham, and the conclusion was that engineers should learn from the lesson, and figure out a way to show measurable impact, the true visibility, of their work.