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[cratermoon]

> If you're the CEO of a company and you increased profits by 92%

YOU, the CEO, didn't single-handedly increase profits by even a single percentage point. One employee out of 1 million, take your millionth of a cut of the profits, that's still $150K.

[charcircuit → cratermoon]

Good leaders are able to make other people more profitable. If someone was able to make 500k people more profitable that is worth a lot.

[leetcrew → cratermoon]

the CEO has quite a bit more influence over the company financials than ICs do, however good they are.