The smartest person I know turned down a position as CEO of one of the largest companies in the world to become CEO of a smaller and more independent oriented c

The smartest person I know turned down a position as CEO of one of the largest companies in the world to become CEO of a smaller and more independent oriented competitor and is apparently loving their job. In terms of developers, it's typically been the opposite. That the best developers I know had previously worked at larger firms, but don't anymore. I suspect part of being smart in general comes with the realization that there's more to life than a job's status and salary, and prioritizing those other things is a wise thing to do. So having picked up competency at large companies when younger but moving away from them later on trends to correlate with the smarter people I know.