You're suggesting that C-suite leadership attained their positions as a result of their privilege, not their competence. I disagree. It seems to me that our hierarchies are primarily of competence, not of privilege. You almost never see children of CEOs becoming successful CEOs. 70% of intergenerational wealth transfers fail. To become a successful leader (and have an executive assistant, etc.) you have to demonstrate extreme competence.
Companies provide executive assistants to the employees whose time they value most. I agree that our society is getting more complicated and demanding. I just disagree that it follows we should be forced to take the incapable along for the ride instead of just letting them abjectly fail. The bar is getting higher. That means the average person will have to be more capable to succeed. All of this is fine.
Re: executive assistants, I suspect LLMs will make the point moot within a decade.
Companies provide executive assistants to the employees whose time they value most. I agree that our society is getting more complicated and demanding. I just disagree that it follows we should be forced to take the incapable along for the ride instead of just letting them abjectly fail. The bar is getting higher. That means the average person will have to be more capable to succeed. All of this is fine.
Re: executive assistants, I suspect LLMs will make the point moot within a decade.