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>And how many successful CEOs of large companies were successful without demonstrating they could manage a large org before getting promoted. I don't know, mos
by inertiatic 3y ago
>And how many successful CEOs of large companies were successful without demonstrating they could manage a large org before getting promoted.
I don't know, most of them? Most companies have their founders as their CEOs until they become very successful, and these are their first gigs as CEOs of a big company, right?
- scarface_74 3y agoDidn’t you just argue my point? They were replaced by “adults” when the company became larger than they could manage.
- inertiatic 3y agoNo, I didn't, I'll reiterate what I said - that most of the CEOs start as founders and remain with their companies until they're successful (without being replaced to get there) - and beyond, so most successful companies actually have "inexperienced" CEOs.
- coldtea 3y agoNot "adults", just corporate drones, usually stiffling what made the company great. In a real capitalist society where success wasn't tied to optics and stock performance but actual products, the "adults" would have burned the company to the ground.
- scarface_74 3y agoYou do remember the shit show that Steve Jobs was as CEO the first time? Of course Wozniak knew he would be horrible CEO and never tried.
- coldtea 3y ago>You do remember the shit show that Steve Jobs was as CEO the first time I remember him making the product that saved the company and had their future 15 years without him based on. And I remember him being ousted without be given a chance by pencil pushers.
- scarface_74 3y agoThe company would have been dead without the Apple //e that kept it afloat for 3-5 years. The Mac didn’t become the revenue generator until 1989. It takes more than a “good product” to be a viable business.