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Re:Firefox usage is down despite Mozilla's top exec pay goin... by bambax on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @04:46AM (#24564594)
Modern CEO pay is a cargo-cult. Companies pay CEO insane amounts because "everybody else does it" and "it helps hire the best".

These theories are untested, except that we now know for certain that paying $2.5M doesn't guarantee that the CEO is any good.

I would bet you can hire an excellent, technically competent CEO for Mozilla for $250k a year.

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Re:Firefox usage is down despite Mozilla's top exec pay goin... by throwaway983249 on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @02:22PM (#24570196)
Mozilla's last three CEOs (Baker, Beard and Eich) all had worked at Mozilla before. Mozilla appears unable to recruit outside CEOs even with its current CEO compensation.
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Re:Firefox usage is down despite Mozilla's top exec pay goin... by tingol on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @06:32AM (#24565294)
We knew that already, did everyone forget the Yahoo fiasco?
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Re:Firefox usage is down despite Mozilla's top exec pay goin... by zoredache on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @07:23PM (#24573449)
> I would bet you can hire an excellent, technically competent CEO for Mozilla for $250k a year.

But how long would they stay after other companies learn this new person is actually competent and start throwing money at them.

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