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Re:Is education no longer the ‘great equalizer’? by bluefirebrand on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @12:55PM (#27606749)
> The truth is the SW architect, the CEO of many corporations, etc are more efficient than the lowest level workers. I know this is not popular, and it makes many uncomfortable, but it is undeniably true. This is because both the SW architect and the CEO and the management consultant and the operations manager, etc, are all into automation, which is an efficiency increasing process.

I don't think this has anything to do automation, it's more likely due to their ability to delegate

And I don't mean their skill with delegating I mean the fact that they are in a position where they can tell other people to do their work for them.

It's easy to appear super productive if you are in a position to claim the productivity of other people as if it were your own.

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Re:Is education no longer the ‘great equalizer’? by mathgladiator on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @01:22PM (#27607176)
its not just delegation, but the importance of strategy. In large orgs, things go fairly slow but wide. It is beyond importance that the direction set is a good direction. This requires talking to people, understanding the market, understanding trends, and the boiling it down into what the org should focus and do versus stop doing.
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