“Mark Zuckerberg Calls Out Tech Firms: No Technical Skills In Leadership? You’re “Not A Technology Company”
Mark Zuckerberg has a blunt take on what makes a tech company legit. It’s all about who’s in charge. If they don’t have technical skills? Well, then you might not be a real tech company at all.
On a recent “Acquired” podcast episode, Zuck didn’t mince words. When he first hit Silicon Valley, he was floored by how many so-called tech companies had leaders who couldn’t code to save their lives. “The CEO wasn’t technical, the board of directors had no one technical on it, they had like one dude on the management team who was the head of engineering who was technical and everyone else wasn’t,” he said. “If that’s your team, then you’re not a technology company.”
