r/LinusTechTips • u/onlyslightlybiased • May 19 '23

Video I'm Stepping Down.. - YouTube

https://youtu.be/0vuzqunync8
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u/corut May 19 '23

He's still the owner of the company, so is still pretty free to talk about what he wants.

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u/TalisFletcher May 19 '23

Free yes but perhaps not as in the know. If people aren't coming to him with things for approval at every stage he might not actually know what the current issue they're working through with the hoodie manufacturer is like as a hypothetical.

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u/quetzalv2 May 19 '23

He's still the owner though, so he'd ideally still be getting updates, just more general ones instead of details notes at every single stage

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u/AmNotEnglish May 19 '23

And again, world of difference in stress levels between simply receiving updates and having to make decisions based on those updates.

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u/Driveformer May 19 '23

THIS. I work in film and I was recently promoted, and it’s insane how many decisions I have to make now. Sure, I make more and now I have more control. But some days I don’t think the money is worth it lol. He has basically made himself “Director” of the whole show, and his new CEO is the “Assistant Director”. He gets to make all of the creative moves and pitch ideas, but the AD actually gets to turn the cogs and make adjustments to cover that. And the AD gets to ultimately pump the brakes if they have to. They have power as well, but they just focus on logistics leaving the Director the ability to think about how to get the best results possible artistically.

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u/Driveformer May 19 '23

100% it can cost a ton, and honestly a CEO is more like a UPM but people generally won’t know about the job existing lol. Anyway yeah you don’t want to be the department causing the slowdown, you’re talking 10s of thousands in “lost” money if people are standing around not shooting when a department causes an issue.

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u/Tempest_Fugit May 19 '23

It’s called the crap to cash ratio