| ▲ | bashtoni 7 hours ago |
| Based on my observations, the most important characteristics of a CEO is to be over 6ft, and to walk about looking important. CEO jobs are safe until the humanoid robots have mastered this skill. |
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| ▲ | cs02rm0 5 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| I'm 6'5 and a jobless software dev. If anyone has a CEO role going spare, let me know, I'll have a crack at it. |
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| ▲ | quaintdev 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Same let us know people | |
| ▲ | overfeed 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | Are you also sociopathic, and can you speak confidently even when you're blowing hot air? How about your bullying and/or flattery skills? | | |
| ▲ | juleiie 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | You guys are so daft about it. The fact that you do not see what work goes to keep company running and be responsible for thousands of people still having their jobs… Some work is 24/7 basically, when you have to keep business afloat there are no sick days or worse days. Your brain is 24/7 preoccupied with the work. Meanwhile you walk out after 8 hours and stop caring at all because - someone else does Someone else grinds to provide you with employment so there is work at all and the company keeps sailing. I am sure you guys are smart, adults. stop being so childish and immature. You are better than that | | |
| ▲ | koito17 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Board members often have posts at multiple companies because of how little work they actually do. Meanwhile most companies prohibit side jobs for us plebians (sorry, "non-executives".) | | |
| ▲ | smackeyacky 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | Boards are not involved in day to day decision making unless something has gone very wrong. The CEO shows up every day. |
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| ▲ | n4r9 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | Giving concrete examples of what work goes into the job would be more persuasive than ranting about how hard it is. | |
| ▲ | masfuerte 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | It's a shame there isn't something like github badges for CEOs. This post would merit a "Motivational Message Master". | |
| ▲ | voidUpdate 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Found the CEO |
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| ▲ | zogzha 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | [dead] |
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| ▲ | totetsu 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| This is one thing I appreciate about Japan. There is so many short nerdy looking CEOs |
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| ▲ | kijin 5 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Oh the other hand, Japanese businesspeople are exceptionally good at the "walk about looking important" part. | | | |
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| ▲ | Nition 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| I'm under 6ft and have never been a CEO, so this appears to check out. |
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| ▲ | m463 6 hours ago | parent [-] | | Also, it has 4 legs, so it must be a cat. | | |
| ▲ | mdp2021 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | (Corroboration, not deduction: "has four legs, so it is more probably a cat". That is vs falsification: "short, hence not all managers are tall". Which does not work anyway going from the logical context to the stochastic context, because it becomes "the exception that confirms the rule". I trust you knew, but.) |
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| ▲ | a34729t 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| My SVP is 6'4". 6 measly feet aint cutting it, that's just "king of manlets" territory. |
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| ▲ | dtj1123 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| This is not accurate. I've seen CEOs under 6ft wearing platform shoes do a perfectly good job of walking about looking important. |
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| ▲ | phendrenad2 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| As I always say, CEOs are corporate status symbols. "Look how successful we are, our CEO is super-handsome, went to William and Mary, and we pay him $15 million a year" |
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| ▲ | wisty 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | They're more like the winners of a pyramid scheme / MLM. You want everyone to see there's a winner so they all keep up the grind. |
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| ▲ | Waterluvian 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| You’d think culture and personality fit with a board of directors would be an easier feat for a robot. |
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| ▲ | kijin 5 hours ago | parent [-] | | Depends on the board. The premium CEO robot will be powered by a bio-ethanol fuel cell so that it can play golf with the board of directors for as long as drinks are available. | | |
| ▲ | rl3 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | Premium? Just go to a local dive bar and find an alcoholic robot with a penchant for burping loudly and bending things (e.g. golf clubs). Tender its payment in booze, and you've already eliminated any monetary acquisition cost. |
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| ▲ | HexPhantom 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Humanoid robotics has been optimizing for the wrong benchmark this whole time. Forget dexterity, we need executive presence. |
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| ▲ | rl3 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | >Forget dexterity, we need executive presence. An oxymoron if I've ever heard one. |
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| ▲ | seydor 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Just add some antenna on top |
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| ▲ | gamblor956 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| The CEOs at my current job, last job, and previous job were all my height or shorter, and I'm several inches below 6ft. |
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| ▲ | blitzar 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Challenge them to a measuring and take your rightful place at the top table. | |
| ▲ | rew0rk 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | It's a sign your in line to be the next CEO |
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| ▲ | eklavya 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| This is the most reddit thread I have seen on HN ever. |
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| ▲ | hawaiianbrah 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Unfortunately, it seems like they’re becoming more common in the last 6-12 months. | |
| ▲ | petra 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | True. Well what can be expected from a thread with that hilarious title? |
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| ▲ | dyauspitr 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| That’s how leaders throughout history have worked. Usually you prove your mettle in the first half of your career and then do the hard work of being the face of the company once you’re an executive. Diminishing what a leader does is the foremost underling cliché throughout all of history. |
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| ▲ | JauntyHatAngle 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | You're hearing the echo and ascribing it to the noise. A constant push and pull between leaders and the led is the fundamental. Criticism in both directions is necessary and healthy, and at different times both correct and misplaced. There have been great leaders and awful ones. Acting as if all leaders are proven and deserving is as asinine as naming all CEOs as useless. Right now we are at a point where CEOs are biased towards being quite anti worker and too easily rewarded. It's not surprising the cliches against them come out. | | |
| ▲ | ttoinou 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | Maybe you simply don’t hear about great CEOs, so there is a bias | | |
| ▲ | JauntyHatAngle 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | I would argue the bias is for ceos (of public companies) to act a certain way due to inherent incentives the way the world is set up, which biases their personality. But I won't go into that old argument again. |
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| ▲ | SpaceNoodled 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Shit, why ain't I a CEO, then? |
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| ▲ | SlightlyLeftPad 6 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Based on my observations, ahem research, you must not have fired developers to make room for AI. Therefore, you are not qualified to be a CEO. | |
| ▲ | win311fwg 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Using HN instead of walking around looking important |
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| ▲ | phaedryx 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| I think either gray hair or bald does a lot too. |
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| ▲ | YZF 6 hours ago | parent [-] | | 6 feet balding and gray here. Can pretend to walk importantly. Never felt farther than CEO. Maybe it's a sign I need to start my own company. |
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