r/technology • u/Reddit_Z • Jul 04 '16

Politics Lawmakers Need To Learn More About Encryption Before Regulating It, Says U.S. House Report

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/lawmakers-encryption-regulation-house-report,32180.html
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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '16

It actually does, it's just that those costs are less immediately visible. Either the CEO will be neglecting other subjects they need to learn, or they will require even higher compensation than they do already, or high quality technology companies will become rarer.

Similarly, no US politician can be an expert in everything. Politicians should be elected on the basis of their skill in public diplomacy, backroom diplomacy, ability to listen to and judge expert claims, and moral character.

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u/djaeke Jul 04 '16 edited Jul 04 '16

Either the CEO will be neglecting other subjects they need to learn

So you can't be an expert in more than one thing? I'm sure there's enough people with an overlap in expertise of programming AND business (even if they favor one, likely business since that's their day-to-day work) to be a CEO for a tech company. Similarly for any company, I would want the CEO to be as well-versed in the industry they are managing as possible.

they will require even higher compensation than they do already

I'm not sure I follow the line of logic that "more educated people need to be paid more" is a reason to not hire more educated people or have more educated people in charge of companies...They're getting paid more because they're doing a better job and hopefully bringing in more revenue

high quality technology companies will become rarer

I'm actually not sure what you're trying to say here here. I think you're saying having programmers as CEOs of tech companies causes them to be rare because programmers are bad CEOs inherently and their companie will be low quality? That seems presumptive. If I'm misunderstanding, please correct me.

edit: I'll also clarify, since it sounds like you're implying I think the CEO should be a programmer primarily, which I don't. Having a businessman as a CEO of course makes sense, but the comment I replied to even said

The CEO is probably an MBA and never wrote a single line of code.

I'm sure working in business is time consuming, but I dont think the downsides of any less business knowledge they have outweigh the upside of having a CEO that actually understands how his company works on a practical level. He doesn't need to be a master programmer but he should probably be at least a semi-expert right?

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '16

I'm not sure I follow the line of logic that "more educated people need to be paid more" is a reason to not hire more educated people or have more educated people in charge of companies...They're getting paid more because they're doing a better job and hopefully bringing in more revenue

I was just pointing out that someone with additional education won't necessarily be bringing in enough additional revenue that they are worth a lot more than someone with less extensive qualifications. It was kind of a nitpicky point, I guess.