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Let this be a lesson to those on the boards of tech companies. It's not necessarily horrible to chose a new CEO that has an MBA degree but also be sure that he
by entropicgravity 3y ago
Let this be a lesson to those on the boards of tech companies. It's not necessarily horrible to chose a new CEO that has an MBA degree but also be sure that he has an engineering degree. An MBA only CEO in tech is almost always a poor out come, as in the case of Boeing.
- hef19898 3y agoCounter example of engineering CEOs: VW, continiously uphold as a shining example of tech prowness, especially HN.
- toomuchtodo 3y agoWhen I think of building an engineering first company, Bosch comes to mind. Great products, great engineering, solid governance that prevents someone from ruining the org by strip mining it for short term gain.
- hef19898 3y agoBosch is a good example, for sure. Except their involvement in the Diesel scandal. Otherwise, I agree, you basically never hear anything bad. And from my experience working with, not for, their white and household goods branch, they are good. Never heard anything bad. Edit: Just realized my comment mihht sound snarky regarding Bosch. It isn't, after all Bosch had less antitrust and compliance scandals and penalties than any of my employers except two: Amazon (which didn't really have any as far as I can tell from top of my head) and my own failed start up, which didn't ajve any neither. All others? Multiple antitrust actions, compliance scandals and multi millions, if not billions, in penalties.
- plorg 3y agoI want this to be true, but is it actually relevant here? The previous Boeing CEO had his bachelor's and graduate degrees in engineering and made decisions that were bad for both business and engineering reasons.