Re:Why are so many successful founding CEOs software engineers?
by jimbokun on Monday March 15, 2021 @01:46PM
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> Why are there so many software engineers who are not successful CEOs?
Because there are many more software engineering jobs in the world than CEO jobs.
> Almost none of them could get a job as a software engineer at their own company, if they had to, because they would be completely unqualified.
Which probably reflects more that the hiring process is broken, than that these people couldn't contribute to a business writing code.
The real problem is that, in addition to writing code, they would also start identifying business opportunities and new ways to improve processes and increase revenues and cut costs, threatening the perceived job security of the people in management above them.
Because there are many more software engineering jobs in the world than CEO jobs.
> Almost none of them could get a job as a software engineer at their own company, if they had to, because they would be completely unqualified.
Which probably reflects more that the hiring process is broken, than that these people couldn't contribute to a business writing code.
The real problem is that, in addition to writing code, they would also start identifying business opportunities and new ways to improve processes and increase revenues and cut costs, threatening the perceived job security of the people in management above them.