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>I have plenty of examples across multiple top-tier companies, of senior leadership who were smart, thoughtful, effective... and still reasonable and compassionate.

some hide it well, some haven't met a cutthroat enough politician/executive. Some may be smart or lucky enough to completely avoid the scene altogether and tend to their own farm peacefully. And then maybe 2 remaining groups are truly in sync and altruistic and overall seem to be interested in the betterment of their audience than profits.

I wouldn't bet on Meta being in the latter category tho. I hope carmack enjoys his farm, he's definitely earned it.

>I think it's simply that it's tough to move people, plain as that.

can't make a horse drink. In this case, it's probably more like you can't even lead the horse to water to begin with.

That's why culture fit is such a strong factor in success. you can't spend all day fighting and expect reasonable progress to be made.



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