[inertiatic]

>And how many successful CEOs of large companies were successful without demonstrating they could manage a large org before getting promoted.

I don't know, most of them? Most companies have their founders as their CEOs until they become very successful, and these are their first gigs as CEOs of a big company, right?

[scarface_74]

Didn’t you just argue my point? They were replaced by “adults” when the company became larger than they could manage.

[inertiatic]

No, I didn't, I'll reiterate what I said - that most of the CEOs start as founders and remain with their companies until they're successful (without being replaced to get there) - and beyond, so most successful companies actually have "inexperienced" CEOs.

[coldtea]

Not "adults", just corporate drones, usually stiffling what made the company great.

In a real capitalist society where success wasn't tied to optics and stock performance but actual products, the "adults" would have burned the company to the ground.

[scarface_74]

You do remember the shit show that Steve Jobs was as CEO the first time? Of course Wozniak knew he would be horrible CEO and never tried.

[coldtea]

>You do remember the shit show that Steve Jobs was as CEO the first time

I remember him making the product that saved the company and had their future 15 years without him based on. And I remember him being ousted without be given a chance by pencil pushers.

[scarface_74]

The company would have been dead without the Apple //e that kept it afloat for 3-5 years. The Mac didn’t become the revenue generator until 1989. It takes more than a “good product” to be a viable business.