Re:Ask HN: What's the biggest red flag you've encountered du...
by more_corn on Tuesday August 22, 2023 @06:09AM
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I too have seen a lot of people in upper management who shouldn’t be there. I wonder if this means that nobody really deserves the respect and power we show to upper management.
They’re just people like everyone else, subject to the same psychological failings as anyone.
Giving people a lot of power over other people might just be a recipe for disaster.
Of course I’ve met some compelling leaders and I’ve seen them replaced with total fools so maybe there are people who are better at it than others. (Eric Schmidt springs to mind as an example of the former and Sundar whatever his name is an example of the latter) Maybe it’s just hard to tell the difference. Or maybe our selection process is flawed.
They’re just people like everyone else, subject to the same psychological failings as anyone.
Giving people a lot of power over other people might just be a recipe for disaster.
Of course I’ve met some compelling leaders and I’ve seen them replaced with total fools so maybe there are people who are better at it than others. (Eric Schmidt springs to mind as an example of the former and Sundar whatever his name is an example of the latter) Maybe it’s just hard to tell the difference. Or maybe our selection process is flawed.