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He's already done alright for himself, because he was wise enough to take money off the table when he had the opportunity to do so. What I don't understand is

He's already done alright for himself, because he was wise enough to take money off the table when he had the opportunity to do so. What I don't understand is why he's still at it. This must be an enormously stressful time. Why wouldn't he take the rather impressive amount of money he's already made and just go enjoy his life? Evidence, I suppose, that some of us are just wired differently.

zenith2037 13y ago
Some captains refuse to leave their sinking ship.
- Helpful_Bunny 13y ago
  Zynga might have some fairly tight contractual obligations to Facebook as part of being a preferred content maker on their platform. Worth investigating, if you're interested in this business.
gaius 13y ago
For certain values of "wise" and "opportunity", sure: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5815128 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5815128
roc 13y ago
> "This must be an enormously stressful time." If he's already taken (a lot of) money off the table, what's there (for him) to be stressed about?
- gyardley 13y ago
  You might be different, but I've always found firing employees and/or not meeting expectations pretty stressful, no matter what my personal financial situation.
  - roc 13y ago
    Well, I'd have had a hard time building an empire off copy/paste game development, spammy-to-fraudulent marketing schemes, encouraged social pressure/spam, an 'arcade' currency, and a pretty shameless twisting of game designs to really squeeze profit from that situation. So I'm pretty sure the stress I'd personally feel isn't worth talking about. Which is why I not-so-subtly reframed the assertion in terms of the person who is in that situation.
hexonexxon 13y ago
Because of greed. There is more money he can milk, severance if hes fired, and a huge salary. Not like being CEO is very difficult. You have underlings for everything all you do is say yes/no in meetings and play golf with other CEOs. You have hundreds of managers beneath you for delegating layoffs just send them an email to can half the staff and your days work is done, collect your giant bonus

zenith2037 13y ago

Some captains refuse to leave their sinking ship.

Helpful_Bunny 13y ago
Zynga might have some fairly tight contractual obligations to Facebook as part of being a preferred content maker on their platform. Worth investigating, if you're interested in this business.

gaius 13y ago

For certain values of "wise" and "opportunity", sure: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5815128 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5815128

roc 13y ago

> "This must be an enormously stressful time." If he's already taken (a lot of) money off the table, what's there (for him) to be stressed about?

gyardley 13y ago
You might be different, but I've always found firing employees and/or not meeting expectations pretty stressful, no matter what my personal financial situation.
- roc 13y ago
  Well, I'd have had a hard time building an empire off copy/paste game development, spammy-to-fraudulent marketing schemes, encouraged social pressure/spam, an 'arcade' currency, and a pretty shameless twisting of game designs to really squeeze profit from that situation. So I'm pretty sure the stress I'd personally feel isn't worth talking about. Which is why I not-so-subtly reframed the assertion in terms of the person who is in that situation.

hexonexxon 13y ago

Because of greed. There is more money he can milk, severance if hes fired, and a huge salary. Not like being CEO is very difficult. You have underlings for everything all you do is say yes/no in meetings and play golf with other CEOs. You have hundreds of managers beneath you for delegating layoffs just send them an email to can half the staff and your days work is done, collect your giant bonus