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pavlov
on July 16, 2025
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Young graduates are facing an employment crisis
Also “Head of X” which often means the titleholder is practically the only person doing X at the company, and/or has no actual power.
leoqa
on July 16, 2025
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Usually this is the “leads the function but we’re not going let them into the c-suite”. The head of engineering gets usurped by the outside cto hire and put out to pasture.
rcruzeiro
on July 17, 2025
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As a former Head of Mobile, I agree.
devinprater
on July 16, 2025
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Oh, that explains the Microsoft Chief Accessibility Officer. No power.
kulahan
on July 17, 2025
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Isn’t Microsoft pretty great with accessibility?
cjbgkagh
on July 17, 2025
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It seems like a weird choice, I would expect that person to have quite a bit of power.
devinprater
on July 18, 2025
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They've been slipping, especially on Windows.
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