[JohnFen]

I don't care directly about shareholder value, and I never will. Doing so would make my job pointless. I care about product quality and providing good value to our customers. It's the board's job to worry about shareholder value, not mine.

[delichon]

Many employees who own stock in their employer do care directly about shareholder value without finding that it makes their job pointless. Why would it be otherwise for you?

[JohnFen]

Because caring directly about shareholder value is a distraction from what I'm actually there to do. If I focus on shareholders, that leaves less time and energy doing my actual job and would make it more likely that I make decisions that make our products worse. If I'm doing that, then what's the point? I may as well be an MBA or something.

There is division of responsibilities for a reason. I also don't care directly about the bookkeeping, HR, etc., for the same reason. That's not to say I don't care in the absolute. I just don't (and can't) care about those things directly. I contribute by doing good work.