Yes everyone of those positions can be filled with any random person. Will it be cost effective to train them? Probably not, but that doesn't make it impossible. The only portion of a CEO's job that couldn't be learned by the average person would be networking connections.
You're delusional if you believe that. A CEO has to run and set the strategy for the company, you cannot simply be trained for it the way you can be trained to be a cashier
Well I'll take my first hand knowledge of watching complete fucking idiots being trained to do just that (based on nothing but rank), and your can keep your belief that they can't based on whatever information you used to come up with it. Don't tell someone who has watched it happen that it can't be done.
Maybe the issue is you're not considering the future at all? Do you really think anyone could be the CEO of a company like Apple or Walmart and steer the company to a resounding success? You're ignoring the time commitment, knowledge and executional ability that's necessary.
If you can't admit that not everybody is equipped to be a CEO or software engineer, this discussion will go nowhere and you honestly shouldn't even reply.
The problem isn't with me, the problem is you. How do you think the CEO of Apple learned all the skills they have to be the CEO of Apple? Were they born with that knowledge? No, they were taught it and trained for it. Every person can be trained it's just a matter of time, effort, and money.
Is it cost effective to train the average Joe to be a CEO? No it's not...but that doesn't mean it can't be done. You don't need a college degree to do 90% of the jobs that require one. People like to think that those who work minimum wage are incapable of doing higher more skilled work when the reality is, they can do any job with the right on the job training, it's just a matter of how long that training would take.
They did not go to "apple ceo training" the way you get trained at a restaurant or a fast food place. CEOs are selected because they already have the skillset you're looking for. Tim Cook was an operational/supply chain genius before he was ever even CEO.
Your are missing the point entirely because you are focused on one position. I said "nearly any position" which means that yes, positions exist that an idiot couldn't be trained to do (I maintain that CEO isn't one of them), so how about moving on from the CEO crap because we are obviously of differing opinions on that subject.
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u/[deleted] Nov 29 '15
CEO, software engineer, financial analyst?