[faangguyindia]

Someone who knows the product deeply and has grown it into what it is today will always stay valuable.

AI can replace people at a low level because they are seen as a cost. While people at the top are better connected.

CEOs travel a lot, probably subscribing to 100 mastermind groups where CEOs of other companies also hang out, playing dozens of mind games and strategising all the time.

Such people are hard to replace. The average employee's role is finite, and they aren't taking much risk; therefore, it's trivial to get rid of them.

[ric2b]

I was with you until the talk about risk.

Low level employees are always taking far bigger risks in relative terms, the worse position a CEO will be in if all of his "risk" hits him is that they'll have to become a regular low level employee.

[jakubadamw]

I believe the commenter above meant risk to the company, not the employee.