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Nah, chances are the guy was born rich. These kind of management positions in Germany are reserved for rich people. In fact according to his bio it appears that
by dachworker 2y ago
Nah, chances are the guy was born rich. These kind of management positions in Germany are reserved for rich people. In fact according to his bio it appears that he went from doing a PhD in IT to being head of a department at SAP and then a few years later he is CTO. That's connections and nepotism, and you don't get those connections without being already rich.
- guywithahat 2y agoI mean it could also be exceptional competence among key customers. This certainly doesn’t have to be nepotism
- dachworker 2y agoGoing from PhD, not even PostDoc with zero industry experience, to being Head of Department at SAP without connections is unlikely.
- eunos 2y agoHe probably already started working for SAP during his PhD or even his PhD is a project from SAP itself.
- guywithahat 2y agoI mean postdoc isn't necessarily a good thing, arguably it's a bad thing. You do postdocs while you wait for something better to come up.
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- eunos 2y agoHe did his PhD on the Hasso Plattner Institute under Hasso Plattner himself (SAP co-founder). That secured on the connection part.
- lifestyleguru 2y agoHaving had a professional episode in Germany I avoided SAP like HIV and luckily I got involved with neither.