News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Mark Hurd Has Died. Parent comment

Re:Mark Hurd Has Died by mikeg8 on Friday October 18, 2019 @01:57PM (#21293585)
Few old people become peak leaders in their respected field.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Mark Hurd Has Died by indymike on Friday October 18, 2019 @02:52PM (#21294074)
Actually, that's about the opposite of true. Average age of a CEO is 58. Wealth, power and experience concentrate with age...
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Mark Hurd Has Died by AlexB138 on Friday October 18, 2019 @03:53PM (#21294565)
> Actually, that's about the opposite of true. Average age of a CEO is 58.

Most CEOs being older people does not mean most older people are CEOs. "Few old people become peak leaders in their respected field" is absolutely true, almost by definition unless you consider a huge portion of people in their field "peak leaders".

[ Parent | on HN ]