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Re:Automattic confirms Mullenweg has returned as CEO after a... by troyvit on Monday September 14, 2026 @10:56AM (#49697994)
I worked for a company with co-CEOs. The ideas CEO left and the company tanked. I think there's a right way to have an ideas CEO but maybe a balance helps keep them from switching everybody to C# on a whim. A CEO without ideas seems like a recipe for at best stagnation and at worse just fleecing the company of value and taking a golden parachute.
Re:Automattic confirms Mullenweg has returned as CEO after a... by MBCook on Monday September 14, 2026 @11:22AM (#49698518)
It’s 100% about the quality of the ideas, isn’t it.

I agree no ideas is just a path towards irrelevance.

Re:Automattic confirms Mullenweg has returned as CEO after a... by mixdup on Monday September 14, 2026 @11:53AM (#49699028)
The CEO doesn't necessarily have to have the ideas. How many ideas do you think Tim Cook had regarding products at Apple?