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SBF could not have been a generation older than his reports. They'd be 10 years old.
by lordnacho 3y ago
SBF could not have been a generation older than his reports. They'd be 10 years old.
- not2b 3y agoSo, 6 out of 7 then.
- btilly 3y agoNo, he was not a generation older. But he managed to still create a persona that was bigger than life.
- bumby 3y agoI think ' a generation older' is really just a proxy to explain the social dynamic of "subordinates are unwilling to question the authority of the CEO"
- renegade-otter 3y agoSeniority can be only a part of it. A CEO who is extremely wealthy and who is an actual celebrity does not like being told "no" to. It only gets worse with time - as they begin to think they are uniquely brilliant (and funny).
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- outworlder 3y agoThere's a very, very prominent example of that today. Let that sink in.
- legitster 3y agoI think it's more that he staffed his entire company with young, ambitious, and inexperienced people.
- LegibleCrimson 3y agoThat's the canonical example, but it's not about age in and of itself, but the gap between the CEO that turns them from a person into an idol. It's often an age gap (especially in the past) due to the culturally-entrenched ideal of automatic respect and deference to one's elders, but it can be any gap that makes the direct reports feel like they are somehow inherently beneath the CEO in ways other than corporate rank. The point of that sign is that the CEO's direct underlings can't even question the CEO's choices.
- ryandrake 3y agoIt's not just their direct reports or even their employees. HN, Twitter, and Reddit are full of commenters simping and white-knighting for CEOs they have no relation to, whenever someone questions them. Corporate leaders have become this weird "priesthood" complete with followers and apostles praising them online.
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