Comment by bjhgvkk
2 years ago
Nobody goes from engineer to CEO with a million dollar golden parachute for doing a terrible job. As an engineer you work your ass off for someone else to take all the credit and leave you homeless.
It’s growing - hell it’s escaping Getting as far away from working constantly for no reward and more goddam leatcode Interviews where 25yo who know nothing gatekeep your career - maybe you live in a different reality than I do, but I can always just build for myself at home.
People do not go from an engineer to CEO full stop. And also, plenty of CEOs with a million dollar golden parachutes do terrible jobs. So does large parts of management.
The CEO of SABRE (biggest airline res company) went in 15 years from Software Engineer to CEO. He was then forced out when he objected to the company becoming public again (owned by Hedge Fund). I am sure its not common though.
I have seen this happen. software engineer -> president of a billion dollar company -> CEO of another >billion dollar company.