Why are so many successful founding CEOs software engineers?

Re:Why are so many successful founding CEOs software engineers? by ab111111111 on Monday March 15, 2021 @02:37AM (#26463137)

What this seems to show is that CEOs in a particular sector often have expertise in that sector. And that Tech is currently the most highly valued sector as measured by market capitalisation. To find evidence of Software Engineers being the best CEOs overall you'd really need to find examples of them running non-tech firms successfully or examples of non-Software Engineers running tech firms poorly.

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Re:Why are so many successful founding CEOs software engineers? by GeneBond on Monday March 15, 2021 @02:58AM (#26463208)

I'm the original author, and I certainly believe that there are all kinds of great CEOs. What I am saying in this article is that software engineering CEOs are breaking out due to the super-infrastructure that is software, and that guys like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are using software to speed the value fulfillment cycle -- see https://iism.org/post/glossary-value-fulfillment-cycle-68

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Re:Why are so many successful founding CEOs software engineers? by bawolff on Monday March 15, 2021 @07:06AM (#26464490)

I mean i think its clear what you're saying, the evidence you provide just doesn't support your conclusion all that well compared to the other possibilities.

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Re:Why are so many successful founding CEOs software engineers? by neonological on Monday March 15, 2021 @12:26PM (#26468022)

Software ceos correlate with software companies. Correlation does not equal causation.

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Re:Why are so many successful founding CEOs software engineers? by JoshTko on Monday March 15, 2021 @10:50AM (#26466689)

This would be easy to prove if SE are disproportionately represented as CEOs in non software companies. My bet is this is not the case.

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