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makx | 4 years ago

You'd think that there are even qualified people who would do it for (almost) free, just for the chance of building a resume...

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jonassalen|4 years ago

As a professional that gets offers like this ("it will be good for your portfolio") I hate this comment.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

sirwhinesalot|4 years ago

Apparently you get monkeys if you pay millions too...

selfhoster11|4 years ago

That's because you're looking at this with your "professional" hat on. If your look at this with your "philanthropist" hat on, the optics are suddenly very different.

GekkePrutser|4 years ago

Almost everyone in business has an MBA so that qualification is pretty easy to get.

The passion they need is a lot harder.

WJW|4 years ago

There's a weird type of logic going on where almost everyone who would be willing to do it for almost free is probably not qualified for the job. Would you really stake the future of your foundation on someone who still needs to build their resume?

mitchdoogle|4 years ago

$2.5 million per year is in the top 0.1% of income in the United States. No matter how you shake it, whether you want people with management experience, tech experience, browser experience, or some combination thereof, you will find a significantly large number who would be able to do the job, do it well, and make more than their current salary.

2muchcoffeeman|4 years ago

Japanese CEO salaries are famously very low. The Toyota CEO makes about USD 3.5m. There are other C levels that make 3 times what the Toyota CEO earns in direct compensation.

Japanese CEO salaries in general seem to be below USD1m on average.

Dylan16807|4 years ago

I don't believe that for a second. Unless you just mean it in the sense of "90% of people that apply to a job aren't good at it". You can get many many qualified people for $250k.

Paying more doesn't get rid of the risk, so yes do the version that has risk but without the bonfire of cash.

soco|4 years ago

We can show with good data that the actual CEO is not qualified either for this job. So why not getting somebody unqualified but cheaper?