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		lotsofpulp on April 22, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Sundar Pichai received $226M compensation, boosted... Sure, different people can be expected to have different capabilities. But I don not see how that relates to the context of this comment chain. Specifically being able to predict the future a few years during and after an unprecedented pandemic.

cudgy on April 23, 2023 [–]

Who’s job is it to predict the future hiring needs at companies? The staff software engineer or the CEO’s and executives? This is a primary role of a CEO and failure to predict this is a failure of their primary role.

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