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Mainly cause no one smart wants that job. It's just mindless politics 24*7. It's left to the mindlessly ambitious or ppl who are placeholders to prevent the mi

by gsatic 3y ago

Mainly cause no one smart wants that job. It's just mindless politics 24*7. It's left to the mindlessly ambitious or ppl who are placeholders to prevent the mindlessly ambitious from sitting in the chair. We have passed the point of org complexity where the CEO does anything beyond ensuring no on totally insane takes over. There are lot of such ppl who dieing to charge you for every search query or email you send. Think Larry Ellison or Rupert Murdoch types taking over Google.

ulfw 3y ago
For 226 MILLION dollars I bet my ass a ton of VERY SMART people would want that job. Many many many.
- cebert 3y ago
  Being the smartest person in the room doesn’t necessarily mean than they’re a great leader.
  - serf 3y ago
    right , but neither does being appointed CEO.
    - eastbound 3y ago
      Really? First you’ve convinced them of hiring you as a CEO.
      - relaxing 3y ago
        The Lake Wobegone of the business world —- every CEO is an above average leader.
- elliekelly 3y ago
  Or maybe the smartest people have decided money isn’t everything?
  - ada1981 3y ago
    People with the highest IQs tend to NOT be the highest income earners, likely for this reason.
    - 1024core 3y ago
      That's how I console myself.... ;-D
  - mitthrowaway2 3y ago
    Money isn't everything. Time is. For someone currently earning $225,000 this would save them a thousand years of hard work. A thousand years. You don't have to think money is everything to understand how earning $225 million in a short time will help you with all the things you do care about, whether it's retiring early, spending time with kids, supporting charity, pursuing hobbies, doing independent research, or taking care of aging parents.
    - __pache__ 3y ago
      Lol, you can spend plenty of time on what you want without millions .. come on! Especially if you have a cozy 200k 40hr/wk 6 weeks of vacation blah blah blah gig
      - mitthrowaway2 3y ago
        I don't have a cozy 200k 40hr/wk 6 weeks of vacation gig. Would be nice! I'm at about a sixth of that myself, on much longer hours, but I don't work at Google. But even if I did, it wouldn't let me retire within 5 years and still have enough money to live comfortably for the rest of my life, work on whatever I feel like without ever worrying about making money from it, put my kids through university, buy a house next to my aging parents, with a nice garden space for my wife, have a garage, build a machine shop in the garage just to tinker on the things I've always wanted to, spend my weekday hours going on walks and reading books and camping in the countryside, being a stay-at-home dad, hire a tutor for myself, maybe run a high-risk hardware startup without spending my time pleading with investors or worrying about my family's future in the case of inevitable failure, hire people to help with tasks I struggle to do and pay them well to do it, and still have leftover change to maybe buy a new MRI machine for my local hospital or fund a homeless shelter. Even $200k would be awesome and get rid of a lot of major stresses and uncertainties like being able to afford my own place to live and a spare bedroom for the kid and worrying out about finding my next paying contract. It would give me "plenty" of time, but not all of my time, not even half of it. I'd still need to keep working most of my daylight hours for most of my healthy years. Honestly, with a $225 million compensation package, I don't see how someone like Sundar could have any long-term incentives whatsoever. He's set for life and won't be hungry for anything, regardless of how Google performs.
belltaco 3y ago
> We have passed the point of org complexity where the CEO does anything beyond ensuring no on totally insane takes over. I think Satya Nadella is a counter example. There can be 'mindlessly' ambitious people who are also great at being a CEO.
- pclmulqdq 3y ago
  Satya Nadella is the counterexample to almost every excuse people make for Sundar's impotence. He took a larger, more inert desktop software company known for being monopolistic and greedy and turned it into the innovative backing of almost everybody's technical and knowledge infrastructure in one way or another. In contrast, Sundar has taken an innovative, creative company with a money printer, massive user engagement, and an incredible brand, and turned it into a monopolistic ad sales company.

by gsatic 3y ago

ulfw 3y ago

For 226 MILLION dollars I bet my ass a ton of VERY SMART people would want that job. Many many many.

cebert 3y ago
Being the smartest person in the room doesn’t necessarily mean than they’re a great leader.
- serf 3y ago
  right , but neither does being appointed CEO.
  - eastbound 3y ago
    Really? First you’ve convinced them of hiring you as a CEO.
    - relaxing 3y ago
      The Lake Wobegone of the business world —- every CEO is an above average leader.
elliekelly 3y ago
Or maybe the smartest people have decided money isn’t everything?
- ada1981 3y ago
  People with the highest IQs tend to NOT be the highest income earners, likely for this reason.
  - 1024core 3y ago
    That's how I console myself.... ;-D
- mitthrowaway2 3y ago
  Money isn't everything. Time is. For someone currently earning $225,000 this would save them a thousand years of hard work. A thousand years. You don't have to think money is everything to understand how earning $225 million in a short time will help you with all the things you do care about, whether it's retiring early, spending time with kids, supporting charity, pursuing hobbies, doing independent research, or taking care of aging parents.
  - __pache__ 3y ago
    Lol, you can spend plenty of time on what you want without millions .. come on! Especially if you have a cozy 200k 40hr/wk 6 weeks of vacation blah blah blah gig
    - mitthrowaway2 3y ago
      I don't have a cozy 200k 40hr/wk 6 weeks of vacation gig. Would be nice! I'm at about a sixth of that myself, on much longer hours, but I don't work at Google. But even if I did, it wouldn't let me retire within 5 years and still have enough money to live comfortably for the rest of my life, work on whatever I feel like without ever worrying about making money from it, put my kids through university, buy a house next to my aging parents, with a nice garden space for my wife, have a garage, build a machine shop in the garage just to tinker on the things I've always wanted to, spend my weekday hours going on walks and reading books and camping in the countryside, being a stay-at-home dad, hire a tutor for myself, maybe run a high-risk hardware startup without spending my time pleading with investors or worrying about my family's future in the case of inevitable failure, hire people to help with tasks I struggle to do and pay them well to do it, and still have leftover change to maybe buy a new MRI machine for my local hospital or fund a homeless shelter. Even $200k would be awesome and get rid of a lot of major stresses and uncertainties like being able to afford my own place to live and a spare bedroom for the kid and worrying out about finding my next paying contract. It would give me "plenty" of time, but not all of my time, not even half of it. I'd still need to keep working most of my daylight hours for most of my healthy years. Honestly, with a $225 million compensation package, I don't see how someone like Sundar could have any long-term incentives whatsoever. He's set for life and won't be hungry for anything, regardless of how Google performs.

belltaco 3y ago

> We have passed the point of org complexity where the CEO does anything beyond ensuring no on totally insane takes over. I think Satya Nadella is a counter example. There can be 'mindlessly' ambitious people who are also great at being a CEO.

pclmulqdq 3y ago
Satya Nadella is the counterexample to almost every excuse people make for Sundar's impotence. He took a larger, more inert desktop software company known for being monopolistic and greedy and turned it into the innovative backing of almost everybody's technical and knowledge infrastructure in one way or another. In contrast, Sundar has taken an innovative, creative company with a money printer, massive user engagement, and an incredible brand, and turned it into a monopolistic ad sales company.