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Re:Ask HN: I don't enjoy being a CTO. Now what? by pcl on Monday June 13, 2016 @11:28AM (#11894635)
OT, but I greatly appreciate that you put your post summary at the top instead of at the bottom. I don't need a tldr summary at the end...

Was that a result of learning about executive summaries in your MBA program, or just something you picked up along the way?

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Re:Ask HN: I don't enjoy being a CTO. Now what? by DelaneyM on Monday June 13, 2016 @11:42AM (#11894745)
Actually something I picked up in my summer at McKinsey.

For web content, we think of "above/below the fold". For executives/investors, the analogue is "above/below the [first screen of my blackberry | iPhone alert]".

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Re:Ask HN: I don't enjoy being a CTO. Now what? by dpritchett on Monday June 13, 2016 @03:27PM (#11896653)
I like this phrasing from Wikipedia:

"The inverted pyramid is a metaphor used by journalists and other writers to illustrate how information should be prioritized and structured in a text (e.g., a news report). It is a common method for writing news stories (and has adaptability to other kinds of texts, e.g., blogs and editorial columns)."

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