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A comment on Meta Scrutinizing Sheryl Sandberg’s Use of Facebook Resources over Several Years. Parent comment

Re:Meta Scrutinizing Sheryl Sandberg’s Use of Facebook Resou... by derf_ on Friday June 10, 2022 @07:24PM (#31700448)
> ...and this could be for a number of reasons that have nothing to do with anything you did.

My father used to captain ships, and once explained to me that if the ship runs aground, it doesn't matter that the captain was asleep in his bunk at the time. He was responsible and would be court martialled for it. That meant he made damn sure his XO standing the night watch was competent and sober.

It doesn't matter if you didn't do anything. You should have done something. That's the job. You're responsible.

Yearly pay for an O-6 is between $87,984 and $155,754, by the way: https://www.federalpay.org/military/coast-guard/captain

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Re:Meta Scrutinizing Sheryl Sandberg’s Use of Facebook Resou... by cfield on Friday June 10, 2022 @08:12PM (#31700733)
In recognition of their absolute blame for any collision, Navy captains are reported[0] to joke with their ship-steering subordinates:

  "In case anything goes wrong, call me so that I can see the end of my career."
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[0] As reported in the ProPublica article linked to in this HN post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19094762

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Re:Meta Scrutinizing Sheryl Sandberg’s Use of Facebook Resou... by daniel-cussen on Friday June 10, 2022 @08:59PM (#31700989)
Yeah the pay isn't great for what that is, but there's tons of benefits and you're keeping the American shitshow going STRONG.

There's off ramps from that career with bigger money if you want that, there is such a thing.

It's just a cool thing to do. Like flying a spaceship.

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Re:Meta Scrutinizing Sheryl Sandberg’s Use of Facebook Resou... by titanomachy on Friday June 10, 2022 @09:55PM (#31701263)
A lot of jobs pay in social status… whether you’re a university professor, or a destroyer captain, an airline pilot, or even something really highly-compensated like a doctor, a large part of the compensation is that even complete strangers clearly understand how you fit into society. They will respect you beyond what you get from mere salary.
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