Having been exposed to upper management in different sectors, most of what you're saying is hyper-inflated, and can be distilled into one singular category: com

Having been exposed to upper management in different sectors, most of what you're saying is hyper-inflated, and can be distilled into one singular category: communication. Helping people understand their fit, describing a common or specific goal, convincing investors, giving speeches and reassurances to technologically ignorant people, maintaining a veil of trust in some...thing, is just simply communication. And probably a fair amount of psychopathy, at least in some cases. What this event in particular shows, and will likely continue at other organizations, is that absurd executive pay is absurd, and workers that are underpaid or given inequitable compensation for their work can demonstrably cease operations. The company does not hinge on a single CEO. The inequality is despicable, and the amount of paragraphs here defending that gap is beyond strange, at least from a hacker perspective. And yes, of course, there are CEOs that are idiots. There are also moderately capable CEOs that surround themselves with idiots to insulate themselves from criticisms like "do you really need a $2MM raise?"