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>My bias is finding a CEO with relevant prior experience.

Should've stuck to just 'CEO of Vimeo' then. In most tech companies an MBA exec is seen as a negative (at least by the engineers). What you did matters more than whether you have a degree or not.

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First, you are arguing that I should hold an opinion, because most other people hold that opinion. I prefer to think independently.

Second, you are presenting this as an “Or” between education and experience. If I had to choose, I agree with you and I would also choose experience over education. However, it is a false trade-off since this CEO has both which I would choose over just having one.

Nonsense. And even if true, that's irrelevant to whether they're well suited for the job. Engineers aren't oracles, they have stupid ideas and weird biases too.

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