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0 pointsrblatz5y ago0 comments

I would assume he could retire now. He's been with Apple forever, he must have a ton of stock. I assume he's not depending on social security to fill any income gaps, and that the majority of his net-worth is likely outside of tax advantaged retirement accounts.

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ryandrake5y ago· 5 in thread

I don't get why any of these people stay so long in their roles. If you're SVP or CxO at any of these large tech companies for any significant amount of time, it basically means you've achieved perpetual generational wealth. You've beaten the game. Why keep playing? Once your net worth is eight digits, what really does the ninth digit get you?

sjg0075y ago

They probably enjoy the work. A lot of people identify with their careers as well.

z65y ago

When you don't have to work you're probably more likely to be in a place where you enjoy it. Having said that, I wonder how much work these guys do once they're in these roles and have already proving themselves time and time again. I imagine most of the less satisfying work is delegated away and they get to spend time on whatever they want.

I can imagine those roles being a lot of fun. They know what they're doing, respected in their roles, working with people they like and respect I would guess. Salary can't be bad and you'd expect they can offload any of the work they don't like to subordinates.

vl5y ago

Their identity defined through what they do. They can’t stop because then they won’t know who they are.

simonh5y ago

Maybe they Really do love the job as much as they say. I mean, it not impossible, right?

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