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Athlete and celebrity in VC or PE are hired because of the money they can attract from others, which is a type qualification, probably the same reason here.
by hnburnsy 2y ago
Athlete and celebrity in VC or PE are hired because of the money they can attract from others, which is a type qualification, probably the same reason here.
- bko 2y agoFor the athlete side at least I feel like being elite athlete signals that you're very competitive and drive towards excellence. You'll see competitive industries value things like strong chess players. Basically anything that signals obsessive drive.
- ilove196884 2y agoAnd some athletes can invest their own money. I think players for GSW invested a lot in tech.
- xcrunner529 2y agoLol and diversity of people has always been proven to produce better ideas and companies. The attempts to justify tying yourselves into knots!
- sillyfluke 2y agoIn fact, just take a look at the "merit-based" hires the administration that they get on 3-hour podcasts to defend makes. Hegeth, Gaetz, Bondi, Noem --truly leaders of their respective fields surely. This is what you get when you have a small group of people only breathing the air of each others' delusions in a windowless room with no natural light.