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> CEO > actual work Doesn't compute.
Value I think is debatable. But most every CEO I have met is the workaholic type.
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In my state, zero information is given to the state about who the owners are.
Let me guess: Texas?
One of the more absurd things I can do is have two LLCs own each other, and then have outside management.
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#74Co- CEO. So he gets to boast about being CEO of an AI company at dinner parties while leaving someone else to do the actual work.
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#77Is "A.I." NYT house style? Looks rather jarring.
> Is "A.I." NYT house style? Looks rather jarring. I think their style is to use periods for acronyms, which I believe is traditional. A quick scan of their recent headlines turns up "U.S", "A.I.", "A.T.M.", "ICE", "L.P.G.A.", "REI", "U.K." I don't know what the reasoning behind the use of "ICE" and "REI" is, could be a mistake or a judgement that those words are tend to not be understood as acronyms, or something el…
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#78> Called Project Prometheus What is it about tech people and being unable to come up with original names? Every company I have worked for has had two dozen internal tools and projects called "Prometheus".
setting aside the AWS DB offerring I've done 2 "Project: Aurora" in the past 3 years, and a bonus project "Audite" (make sure you say it correctly when execs are around!) Look, I'm all for "big bets" but when the majority of time and effort goes into the naming, kick-off and t-shirt design, this ain't it.
Reminds me of Matt Levine joking about walking into a hedge fund with a SEC jacket memorabilia.
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#79Jeff Bezos as a CO-CEO sounds like a corporate structure recipe for disaster.
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#80Well, at least it won’t be a fake nonprofit… I hope.