Re:"Normal" engineers are the key to great teams
by golergka on Thursday March 13, 2025 @11:03PM
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Out of 10 richest people of the world, 8 have background in software engineering. Musk, Zuck, Bezos, Ellison, Gates, Page, Brin, Ballmer. Only Buffet and Arnault are exceptions.
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Re:"Normal" engineers are the key to great teams
by sesm on Friday March 14, 2025 @01:52AM
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They are not richest people though, they are biggest public shareholders. Real wealth is always well-hidden.
Re:"Normal" engineers are the key to great teams
by RUnconcerned on Friday March 14, 2025 @08:17AM
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The idea that these centibillionaires do not have "real wealth" is beyond absurd
Re:"Normal" engineers are the key to great teams
by cafard on Friday March 14, 2025 @10:59AM
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Ballmer has a background in working for a software company. Did he ever actually work in software as such?
Re:"Normal" engineers are the key to great teams
by psunavy03 on Friday March 14, 2025 @12:49PM
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Pretty sure he was explicitly brought on by Gates and Allen because he was a non-technical MBA type, and Microsoft had grown to the point where they needed one of those.
Sort of tracks with the Welchian bullshit he seems to have supported as CEO.