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I work at a big company, and I also consider most C-level executives here to be glorified secretaries. All they ever do is write emails, stare at some charts, a

I work at a big company, and I also consider most C-level executives here to be glorified secretaries. All they ever do is write emails, stare at some charts, and yell at engineers to write code faster. What's most annoying is that sometimes they pretend to understand engineering challenges -- they learn some jargon and start throwing it around. That makes things worse; a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. We engineers are nothing but servants to these people.

Bostonian 11y ago
If what they do is so easy, and if they are much better paid than programmers, why aren't the programmers doing those jobs instead?
mbesto 11y ago
> We engineers are nothing but servants to these people. Which is funny you say that because apparently the "SV elite" think quite the opposite: https://twitter.com/sama/status/641281287660007424 https://twitter.com/sama/status/641281287660007424
- gaius 11y ago
  Career advice from a VC is given with the VC's interest in mind, not yours.
  - mbesto 11y ago
    Exactly my point :)
oroup 11y ago
> a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. Indeed. I'd suggest that your understanding of what they do might be a little underdeveloped. (And perhaps your company is particularly dysfunctional.)