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Madbones
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11 Apr 2011, 1:50 pm

Mine is Mark Zuckerberg.

Who's yours?



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13 Apr 2011, 3:19 am

The people I admire more are of the hacker/engineer type, like Eric S Raymond.


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13 Apr 2011, 6:01 am

Why a CEO? CEO's usually don't do a lot of work, the work they actually do is easy work, and they get paid too much for it.


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13 Apr 2011, 6:37 am

nodice1996 wrote:
Why a CEO? CEO's usually don't do a lot of work, the work they actually do is easy work, and they get paid too much for it.

Well, Mark Zuckerberg did allot of work, so has Steve Jobs & Bill Gates.



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14 Apr 2011, 10:12 am

Madbones wrote:
nodice1996 wrote:
Why a CEO? CEO's usually don't do a lot of work, the work they actually do is easy work, and they get paid too much for it.

Well, Mark Zuckerberg did allot of work, so has Steve Jobs & Bill Gates.


They probably relish the rare chance to just code. What they are in life would demand a great deal of their attention.


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14 Apr 2011, 12:23 pm

Madbones wrote:
nodice1996 wrote:
Why a CEO? CEO's usually don't do a lot of work, the work they actually do is easy work, and they get paid too much for it.

Well, Mark Zuckerberg did allot of work, so has Steve Jobs & Bill Gates.


All of which got dirt on their shoes in the process and treated everyone like a stepping stone.

Fuzzy wrote:
The people I admire more are of the hacker/engineer type, like Eric S Raymond.


Agreed.


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14 Apr 2011, 4:02 pm

Not Bill Gates.

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