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Without knowing the details, it's hard to say the execs are failures. They could be doing a good job, given the rough hand they've been dealt.



What is this nonsense over and over again on HN?

  Let's say I'm hired as a coach of a team that's second best in the world (Being the second used browser in the world is NOT a rough hand, other browsers are clawing for >1% for ever and are not coming close). I'm not saying it's easy at all but after 5 years I manage to do NOTHING to stop the bleeding, lose 250 highly skilled people and RAISE MY OWN SALARY 5x...
I'm pretty sure people would throw rocks at me on the street at that point. The cult of the CEO needs to die.


The rough hand of leading a company with a very successful product and having to find ways to run it into the ground?




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