It still amazes me that all of those investors and endorsers were so dazzled by her sales pitch that nobody bothered to actually get confirmation of any of the technical details. They just believed…that’s it.
In my experience, the further up the foodchain you move (from worker bee to manager, director, VP, CEO, Board, Investors) the more they take for granted, the more they “go with their gut.”
Think of someone you know with an IQ of 100 and then take a moment to realize: half the world is dumber than THAT.
Meanwhile, a lot of the less technically, physically, intellectually capable people I know seem to place value on “sucking up” to “their betters” in hopes that some of that success will rub off on them. “Their betters” are well aware of this game and often keep the hangers on around just because they’re occasionally useful and don’t cost them much, if anything.
Someone somewhere is already asking whether a CEO’s job can be done by AI.
It is literally one of the jobs, AI is best fitted to kill 🤭
It is all statistics, just like LLMs
Funny I was just wondering the other day if companies that practice vibe programming also practice vibe management.
Vibe management (and investment) is a time honored tradition. It brings you such magnificent results as Theranos.
It still amazes me that all of those investors and endorsers were so dazzled by her sales pitch that nobody bothered to actually get confirmation of any of the technical details. They just believed…that’s it.
In my experience, the further up the foodchain you move (from worker bee to manager, director, VP, CEO, Board, Investors) the more they take for granted, the more they “go with their gut.”
“Oh they’re at the highest level of leadership? They must be really smart”
Meanwhile anyone with a brain understands the Peter principle.
Think of someone you know with an IQ of 100 and then take a moment to realize: half the world is dumber than THAT.
Meanwhile, a lot of the less technically, physically, intellectually capable people I know seem to place value on “sucking up” to “their betters” in hopes that some of that success will rub off on them. “Their betters” are well aware of this game and often keep the hangers on around just because they’re occasionally useful and don’t cost them much, if anything.