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> Most of us here could easily do the day-to-day work of the CEO of our companies. I'm not so sure about that. When I do a thought exercise and put myself in

> Most of us here could easily do the day-to-day work of the CEO of our companies. I'm not so sure about that. When I do a thought exercise and put myself in our CEO's shoes, I think "ok, which decisions do I need to make today to keep the company thriving in the next 3 or 5 or 10 years?" For me personally, I don't really know. You can't just do the same thing because the economy is constantly evolving, but I can't see where it's going.

frakt0x90 6mo ago
You would also have a whole team of consultants, advisors, lawyers, and VP+ people specializing in each area telling you what the problems and possibilities are if you actually had that job. They're not operating in a vaccuum.
InsideOutSanta 6mo ago
The fact that you thought to consider the next 3, 5, or 10 years already makes you a better CEO than most CEOs that I personally know.
- malfist 6mo ago
  Next quarter earnings call is the only thing that's important. Hollow out everything for that goal. My bonus depends on it.
hacker161 6mo ago
> For me personally, I don't really know. You can't just do the same thing because the economy is constantly evolving, but I can't see where it's going. Neither does your CEO
_alternator_ 6mo ago
Here's the trick: the CEO doesn't know either, but they make decisions anyway. Knowing that they don't know is a good skill for a CEO to have, it freezing when they don't know is not.
- red-iron-pine 6mo ago
  the skill is twisting the optics, and in some cases, the reality, to match those decisions.
buttercraft 6mo ago
Nah, even if you fail miserably, you'll still get a nice payout and retire comfortably. Hell, you can even commit crimes and the company will pay the fines for you!
thevillagechief 6mo ago
I do agree here. Being a CEO is in fact stressful. I think as someone pointed out, your first problem is you're thinkin 3, 5, 10 years. Unless you're a founder building your company, my observation is think in quarters. A year at most. You just need to survive long enough to move on to bigger things. The mess you leave is the next guy's problem. And I don't know how to live like that.
lucianbr 6mo ago
Obviously most CEOs think it's going somewhere where AI is the most important thing, and you must use a lot of it, for everything. If you just insist on putting AI in everything, you are doing as good a job as most CEOs right now. Was that so hard? Doesn't seem hard at all.

frakt0x90 6mo ago

You would also have a whole team of consultants, advisors, lawyers, and VP+ people specializing in each area telling you what the problems and possibilities are if you actually had that job. They're not operating in a vaccuum.

InsideOutSanta 6mo ago

The fact that you thought to consider the next 3, 5, or 10 years already makes you a better CEO than most CEOs that I personally know.

malfist 6mo ago
Next quarter earnings call is the only thing that's important. Hollow out everything for that goal. My bonus depends on it.

hacker161 6mo ago

> For me personally, I don't really know. You can't just do the same thing because the economy is constantly evolving, but I can't see where it's going. Neither does your CEO

_alternator_ 6mo ago

Here's the trick: the CEO doesn't know either, but they make decisions anyway. Knowing that they don't know is a good skill for a CEO to have, it freezing when they don't know is not.

red-iron-pine 6mo ago
the skill is twisting the optics, and in some cases, the reality, to match those decisions.

buttercraft 6mo ago

Nah, even if you fail miserably, you'll still get a nice payout and retire comfortably. Hell, you can even commit crimes and the company will pay the fines for you!

thevillagechief 6mo ago

I do agree here. Being a CEO is in fact stressful. I think as someone pointed out, your first problem is you're thinkin 3, 5, 10 years. Unless you're a founder building your company, my observation is think in quarters. A year at most. You just need to survive long enough to move on to bigger things. The mess you leave is the next guy's problem. And I don't know how to live like that.

lucianbr 6mo ago

Obviously most CEOs think it's going somewhere where AI is the most important thing, and you must use a lot of it, for everything. If you just insist on putting AI in everything, you are doing as good a job as most CEOs right now. Was that so hard? Doesn't seem hard at all.