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This may be Parag's hail mary play to appease his new master and keep his lucrative job. I would not be surprised if his next move is to publicly extol the vir

by throwaway_1928 4y ago

This may be Parag's hail mary play to appease his new master and keep his lucrative job. I would not be surprised if his next move is to publicly extol the virtues of Free Speech and the First Amendment.

enos_feedler 4y ago
Thats what I was thinking too. It felt weird that Dorsey was replaced with such quiet low profile thinker in the first place. He has no presence on earnings calls or spaces. I’ve listened to him take questions and he seems to handle them no better with no deeper insight then even I could provide. Maybe he was keeping things close to his chest. However, it just made me think they sort of put a puppet in charge for the purpose of acquisition. Parag would be easy to control as a lever into change within Twitter. Attractive feature for a buyer. I thought it would be big tech. Never thought Elon would be the one buying and controlling him. What a plot twist!
partiallypro 4y ago
There is basically no way that Musk keeps him on, so I don't buy this. He will be replaced in due time once the acquisition is complete.
- johannes1234321 4y ago
  Even if Musk wouldn't fire him immediately Musk's management style likely will be quite involved and no fun if you don't align with Musk's goals and ideas.
throwaway_2341 4y ago
Honest question. Would a CEO be that desperate to keep his job? I imagine Parag can walk away with plenty after the buyout and do something else that he likes.
- furyofantares 4y ago
  I imagine it's a pretty intense job that takes up most of your life and permeates your sense of identity. Everything you said can be true and I'd still expect a CEO to be very strongly attached to their position.
- hello_moto 4y ago
  CEO jobs aren't plenty like standard SWE jobs. CEOs typically don't apply for jobs, they can't walk into a company's Career page an apply as a CEO; they are headhunted by specialized headhunter. Yes, CEO is desperate to keep their job because if they were to let go, they won't score a much higher profile job than their current; they'd be gone to a lower rank companies bidding their luck.
  - Graffur 4y ago
    I'd love to read a blog post about CEO movements. One thing they could do is raise money and start a company themselves.
donthellbanme 4y ago

enos_feedler 4y ago

Thats what I was thinking too. It felt weird that Dorsey was replaced with such quiet low profile thinker in the first place. He has no presence on earnings calls or spaces. I’ve listened to him take questions and he seems to handle them no better with no deeper insight then even I could provide. Maybe he was keeping things close to his chest. However, it just made me think they sort of put a puppet in charge for the purpose of acquisition. Parag would be easy to control as a lever into change within Twitter. Attractive feature for a buyer. I thought it would be big tech. Never thought Elon would be the one buying and controlling him. What a plot twist!

partiallypro 4y ago

There is basically no way that Musk keeps him on, so I don't buy this. He will be replaced in due time once the acquisition is complete.

johannes1234321 4y ago
Even if Musk wouldn't fire him immediately Musk's management style likely will be quite involved and no fun if you don't align with Musk's goals and ideas.

throwaway_2341 4y ago

Honest question. Would a CEO be that desperate to keep his job? I imagine Parag can walk away with plenty after the buyout and do something else that he likes.

furyofantares 4y ago
I imagine it's a pretty intense job that takes up most of your life and permeates your sense of identity. Everything you said can be true and I'd still expect a CEO to be very strongly attached to their position.
hello_moto 4y ago
CEO jobs aren't plenty like standard SWE jobs. CEOs typically don't apply for jobs, they can't walk into a company's Career page an apply as a CEO; they are headhunted by specialized headhunter. Yes, CEO is desperate to keep their job because if they were to let go, they won't score a much higher profile job than their current; they'd be gone to a lower rank companies bidding their luck.
- Graffur 4y ago
  I'd love to read a blog post about CEO movements. One thing they could do is raise money and start a company themselves.

donthellbanme 4y ago