[RaftPeople]

> Most of us here could easily do the day-to-day work of the CEO of our companies.

I'm not so sure about that.

When I do a thought exercise and put myself in our CEO's shoes, I think "ok, which decisions do I need to make today to keep the company thriving in the next 3 or 5 or 10 years?"

For me personally, I don't really know. You can't just do the same thing because the economy is constantly evolving, but I can't see where it's going.

[_alternator_]

Here's the trick: the CEO doesn't know either, but they make decisions anyway. Knowing that they don't know is a good skill for a CEO to have, it freezing when they don't know is not.

[red-iron-pine]

the skill is twisting the optics, and in some cases, the reality, to match those decisions.

[frakt0x90]

You would also have a whole team of consultants, advisors, lawyers, and VP+ people specializing in each area telling you what the problems and possibilities are if you actually had that job. They're not operating in a vaccuum.

[InsideOutSanta]

The fact that you thought to consider the next 3, 5, or 10 years already makes you a better CEO than most CEOs that I personally know.

[malfist]

Next quarter earnings call is the only thing that's important. Hollow out everything for that goal. My bonus depends on it.

[buttercraft]

Nah, even if you fail miserably, you'll still get a nice payout and retire comfortably. Hell, you can even commit crimes and the company will pay the fines for you!

[thevillagechief]

I do agree here. Being a CEO is in fact stressful. I think as someone pointed out, your first problem is you're thinkin 3, 5, 10 years. Unless you're a founder building your company, my observation is think in quarters. A year at most. You just need to survive long enough to move on to bigger things. The mess you leave is the next guy's problem. And I don't know how to live like that.

[lucianbr]

Obviously most CEOs think it's going somewhere where AI is the most important thing, and you must use a lot of it, for everything.

If you just insist on putting AI in everything, you are doing as good a job as most CEOs right now.

Was that so hard? Doesn't seem hard at all.

[hacker161]

> For me personally, I don't really know. You can't just do the same thing because the economy is constantly evolving, but I can't see where it's going.

Neither does your CEO