Musk has been critical of Twitter's management and plans to cut costs and staff
Only managers who are willing to be the number two person can be competent CEOs
While Elon Musk's $44 billion deal to buy Twitter is still months away, some fans have begun to buy themselves a job at the social media platform by tweeting to the nimble entrepreneur.
The company could see major personnel changes, at least as evidenced by Musk's Twitter account, which often criticizes its management. As a result, Musk's fans began to introduce themselves.
Nikita Bier is the co-founder of the app tbh, a "positive-focused" friend impression survey app that has been acquired by Meta Platforms Inc. He wrote in a tweet from "Ait" Musk: "Hire me as Twitter's vice president of product. I've been building social apps for 11 years, and it doesn't lead to product decline like a typical big tech company 'product director'. ”
Nikita Bill: "Hire me as Twitter's VP of Product. I've been building social apps for 11 years, and it doesn't lead to product decline like a typical big tech company 'product director'. Twitter has the potential to become the leading instant messaging tool, group app, and content creation tool. ”
During talks to buy Twitter, Musk told bankers he would look at the social media company's profitability and made less specific proposals for cost cuts and layoffs, according to people familiar with the matter.
It's unclear what Musk envisions for the management team, especially the CEO role. The billionaire is unlikely to take on the job himself, which means he needs to find a "cheeky" executive who can adapt to Musk's style of acting likes to express his dissatisfaction publicly.
Musk said in a letter filing to regulators that he has no confidence in the company's leadership. That has led many to speculate that Twitter's current CEO, Parag Agrawal, will be swept out. Separately, Musk tweeted two april 27 critics of Vijaya Gadde, an executive in charge of the policy and legal team, for his decision in 2020 to restrict the New York Post from publishing an article about Hunter, the son of U.S. President Joe Biden. A mob of cyber mobs began physically attacking Gad online, prompting former Twitter CEO Dick Costolo to accuse Musk of bullying.
While Musk seems adept at provoking conflict, he still has a fanatical fan base that believes in the Tesla Inc. Leaders have made significant contributions in the areas of clean energy, digital payments and space exploration. Some of them took the same public action as Bill.
Antonio García Martínez, author of "Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley," who chronicles his tech career as an industry insider, offered himself to work on Twitter. It even included a resume with a word count that met the 280-character limit.
Even actor William Shatner, best known for playing captain of the starship "Enterprise" in Star Trek, is competing for the position of "Twitter Ambassador." He has relevant experience; as early as the early 2000s, Shatner endorsed and received equity remuneration for Priceline.com. He reportedly missed out on millions of dollars in gains due to the premature sale of his shares.
William Shatner: "By the way, because that seems to be the latest 'thing' here. I declare that I will always stay on Twitter. Also, I think @elonmusk is cute. I'll also reveal that I'll try to convince Elon to hire me as Twitter ambassador. #扔掉小鸟标识"
Conservatives and liberals have long believed that social media has overly suppressed right-wing speech and welcomed Musk's takeover of Twitter, especially his pledge to ease content censorship. Today, many conservatives joke about applying for jobs at the social media company.
Matt Walsh, a conservative political commentator and children's book author who compares transgender people to pretending to be walruses, tweeted a "Ait" Musk asking to be hired as Twitter's "chief diversity officer" in a seemingly joking tone.
Still, Lex Fridman, a research scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, most likely to draw the attention of Musk, whose penchant for joking with the numbers 420 or 69 is well documented, and the tweet takes advantage of that. Friedman tweeted: "With this tweet, I formally apply to Twitter for the position of Chief Love Officer (CLO). I would like to make $69 a month, preferably in cryptocurrency. In return, I will do my best to make a difference and do my best to add love to the world. ”
Lex Friedman: "With this tweet, I formally applied to Twitter for the position of Chief Love Officer (CLO). I would like to make $69 a month, preferably in cryptocurrency. In return, I will do my best to make a difference and do my best to add love to the world. ”
According to Reuters, citing people familiar with the matter, Musk already has a CEO candidate in mind. He has not yet made his identity public. The most qualified candidate may inevitably compete with bosses like Musk, who has said he wants to be actively involved in Twitter's day-to-day affairs and has been preaching about what changes should be made to the product.
Musk's first wife wrote that when she got married in 2000, he told her on the dance floor at the wedding party, "I am the leader in this relationship." ”
Whoever takes over as Twitter's CEO may find themselves in a similar situation. Written by Maxwell Adler Editor/ Chen Jiajing Translated / Shao Luning