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by ChuckNorris89 2323 days ago
Bad CEOs get paid a lot since if they fuck up, their failures are public and nobody will hire them afterwards so they need the money as insurance.

If you're a bad programmer, your failures aren't public and you can job hop to the next gullible company.
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mcv 2322 days ago
They don't need the money; their pay is already more than enough to retire from. Also, a bad CEO needs to fail spectacularly to not get hired. Plenty of mediocre CEOs keep getting hired for insane salaries.
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heavenlyblue 2323 days ago
> nobody will hire them afterwards

I don’t really think that is true at all.

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