But it is a reminder of how seemingly sociopathic C-levels can seem
thanks to their bottom-line focused viewpoints, and I can't help but
smile when their veneer of amiability is momentarily ripped away.
On 7/16/2022 8:47 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
But it is a reminder of how seemingly sociopathic C-levels can seem
thanks to their bottom-line focused viewpoints, and I can't help but
smile when their veneer of amiability is momentarily ripped away.
The bigger problem is that the C-Levels aren't "seemingly sociopaths",
they ARE sociopaths. They have to be just to become C-Level executives.
Not as extreme as Hannibal Lector (usually) but still significantly
higher than average.
On Saturday, July 16, 2022 at 9:05:17 AM UTC-7, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
On 7/16/2022 8:47 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
The bigger problem is that the C-Levels aren't "seemingly sociopaths",
But it is a reminder of how seemingly sociopathic C-levels can seem
thanks to their bottom-line focused viewpoints, and I can't help but
smile when their veneer of amiability is momentarily ripped away.
they ARE sociopaths. They have to be just to become C-Level executives.
Not as extreme as Hannibal Lector (usually) but still significantly
higher than average.
I was reading some report on how there aren't really that many CEOs
that are sociopaths, but still much higher than the general population
Here's one that says 4-12% vs. 1%.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackmccullough/2019/12/09/the-psychopathic-ceo/?sh=21685af5791e
The sociopaths are of course the ones who make the headlines.
On Sun, 17 Jul 2022 08:50:59 -0700 (PDT), Justisaur
<justisaur@gmail.com> wrote:
On Saturday, July 16, 2022 at 9:05:17 AM UTC-7, Dimensional Traveler wrote: >>> On 7/16/2022 8:47 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
The bigger problem is that the C-Levels aren't "seemingly sociopaths",
But it is a reminder of how seemingly sociopathic C-levels can seem
thanks to their bottom-line focused viewpoints, and I can't help but
smile when their veneer of amiability is momentarily ripped away.
they ARE sociopaths. They have to be just to become C-Level executives.
Not as extreme as Hannibal Lector (usually) but still significantly
higher than average.
I was reading some report on how there aren't really that many CEOs
that are sociopaths, but still much higher than the general population
Here's one that says 4-12% vs. 1%.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackmccullough/2019/12/09/the-psychopathic-ceo/?sh=21685af5791e
The sociopaths are of course the ones who make the headlines.
My problem isn't so much whether or not our Leaders Of Industry are sociopaths (well, I mean, that's an issue but there are times when
that may be a necessary trait). As pointed out, most of the C-level
execs /aren't/ quite so bad. Rather, it's the fact that they have
repeatedly proven themselves to be as flawed and human as everyone
else, and yet they are still put up on pedestals as being Excellent
Leaders And Role-Models, are rewarded with obscene levels of pay, and
escape any consequences from their mistakes.
Which is one of the reasons I'm so happy to tout their errors in
public forums like this one. I don't necessarily think C-levels are
any worse than the regular grunts, but given their excessive wages
they ought to either be held to a higher standard, or take a
significant cut in power and influence.
If Twitter (and the Internet in general) has been good for one thing,
it's showing off how mediocre our leaders really are. Twenty, thirty
years ago people would point at an executive of a major company and
suggest he would make for an excellent statesman. That seems to be
happening less nowadays (there remain some unfortunate exceptions),
thanks to those same executives showing off how poorly they actually
lead. So, um... yay Twitter?
On 7/16/2022 8:47 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
The bigger problem is that the C-Levels aren't "seemingly sociopaths",
But it is a reminder of how seemingly sociopathic C-levels can seem
thanks to their bottom-line focused viewpoints, and I can't help but
smile when their veneer of amiability is momentarily ripped away.
they ARE sociopaths. They have to be just to become C-Level executives.
Not as extreme as Hannibal Lector (usually) but still significantly
higher than average.
On Sat, 16 Jul 2022 09:05:14 -0700, Dimensional Traveler
<dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
On 7/16/2022 8:47 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
The bigger problem is that the C-Levels aren't "seemingly sociopaths",
But it is a reminder of how seemingly sociopathic C-levels can seem
thanks to their bottom-line focused viewpoints, and I can't help but
smile when their veneer of amiability is momentarily ripped away.
they ARE sociopaths. They have to be just to become C-Level executives.
Not as extreme as Hannibal Lector (usually) but still significantly
higher than average.
I've never been a CEO of anything but I was CTO of a reasonably sized software development company for around 7 years. In that role I
learned a great deal about what I was really good at but also saw a
lot of what I didn't want to be.
I will say this -- the farther up the totem pole you go, the more
scrutiny you are under and that will change ANYONE's behavior. It
doesn't mean you are a sociopath, but you have to prepare yourself to
know that a lot of people will accuse you of that simply because you
didn't approve and cater to every immature request made. Honestly
these days if you are C-Level and don't have create a position for a
Chief Diversity officer lobbying for 2 free menstruation cramp PTO
days per year, you're going to be called a sociopath sooner or later.
That's just how it is.
The bottom line is that people who are not high achievers are always
going to sit around and grumble about those who found themselves at
the top even when they didn't aspire to it. When I was in that role I
made it my mission to be sure I never let myself give a fuck about
that kind of grumbling.
The real reason I hated that fucking job is because it put me in too
many meetings where I was in a position to try to explain technically
complex things to people who simply didn't have the IQ to grok it all.
The amount of money I was making at CTO was roughly in the ballpark of
what I can make as an independent consultant, so I had very little
reason to stick around listening to clueless douchebags with marketing backgrounds talk to hear themselves talk, meanwhile engineers who were
only employed thanks to the existence of a core product I created
grumbled away in their juvenile little jealous rants. Why deal with
that shit if you don't have to?
But I came away with a good understanding of why those in power seem "sociopathic" to the worker bees. Honestly and quite frankly its
because if you are in a role that's higher in power and
responsibility, if you stop and sniff the air every time someone
complains of a stink, it only puts you farther away from being able to
have positive impact on the bigger picture... that's going to paints
you as Hitler to the sheeple and that's fine...Those who are not in
that position will never understand that or be able to relate to it.
I feel somewhat lucky to have had that experience, yet at the same
time not so much... lol
Actually my post was based on memories of a report I read a long time
ago based on personality tests of a large number of executives of large >companies.
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