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Also “Head of X” which often means the titleholder is practically the only person doing X at the company, and/or has no actual power.
by pavlov 1y ago
Also “Head of X” which often means the titleholder is practically the only person doing X at the company, and/or has no actual power.
- leoqa 1y agoUsually this is the “leads the function but we’re not going let them into the c-suite”. The head of engineering gets usurped by the outside cto hire and put out to pasture.
- devinprater 1y agoOh, that explains the Microsoft Chief Accessibility Officer. No power.
- kulahan 1y agoIsn’t Microsoft pretty great with accessibility?
- cjbgkagh 1y agoIt seems like a weird choice, I would expect that person to have quite a bit of power.
- devinprater 1y agoThey've been slipping, especially on Windows.
- rcruzeiro 1y agoAs a former Head of Mobile, I agree.