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second, if you're drawn to it, you need to identify the path to it and the needed qualifications. if you don't make the cut, then you know why.

That's a very Big Corp way of thinking. We don't believe in that. Nobody here starts off in the mailroom and works their way up to CEO in 30 years. You start off as a CEO at 21, say to hell with "experience" and "qualifications" — I'll just learn by doing and figure it out as we go along.

Not enough companies have a "learn by doing" on-boarding mentality. Nobody knows what they're doing without the chance to actually do it. (the worst programmers tend to be fresh CS graduates with no real world experience)



>You start off as a CEO at 21, say to hell with "experience" and "qualifications" — I'll just learn by doing and figure it out as we go along.

This reminds me that IMO hiring CEOs based on previous experience at the same job is fundamentally flawed because it creates a paradox.




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