Actually I think Mozillas path to success is quite obvious, but they never bothered to follow it seriously because of their own hubris.
> how much do people on HN think the CEO of Mozilla should be paid? It's got to be enough to attract someone with extensive management experience at a high-functioning tech company
$20k. And give him a bonus depending on the companies performance. Works in other countries and companies, no reason why it should not work there.
In the first place, that so called "extensive management experience at a high-functioning tech company" should be highly paid is a myth and BS. After a certain point the scale of organisation does not change enough to be more worth. And most work is not done by the CEO anyway.
> $20k. And give him a bonus depending on the companies performance.
How do you define company performance?
For a non-public corporation like Mozilla, you'd have to use a metric like market share. Okay well in the first year, how can you earn enough to pay for your kids college or whatever? You'll have to really get those numbers up _fast_.
Things like this is where we get shitty growth tactics like spamming everyone in your contacts or auto installing and preventing uninstall.
Instead I'd much rather have bold investment in long term growth. Innovative initiatives that may take years to pan out.
> how much do people on HN think the CEO of Mozilla should be paid? It's got to be enough to attract someone with extensive management experience at a high-functioning tech company
$20k. And give him a bonus depending on the companies performance. Works in other countries and companies, no reason why it should not work there.
In the first place, that so called "extensive management experience at a high-functioning tech company" should be highly paid is a myth and BS. After a certain point the scale of organisation does not change enough to be more worth. And most work is not done by the CEO anyway.