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i'm an engineer turned ceo. and i know quite a few others.

unfortunately, i think his points are spot on. being a ceo is harder than being an engineer. period.

but if we didn't have engineers turning into ceo's, how many companies can you think of that would never have happened? HP? Tesla, SpaceX, PayPal? Google?

so even though he's right - being a ceo is fucking hard - don't let that stop you, engineer. you CAN be a ceo if you're willing to put in the work.

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It's probably an effective warning to the fence-sitters. If you're extremely determined to be CEO, you're probably going to brush off the warnings and go through with your plan regardless. That's how I perceive it, at least.

Agree. And what's harder about it is mostly the emotional and reward aspects. It's easy to close out a bug or a feature and feel some sense of accomplishment. You don't get those micro-rewards anymore, so your own morale is more difficult to manage.

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