"Again, Moskovitz led the startup (this time as CEO), taking the company public in September 2020 and growing it into the $3.4 billion giant it is today, before stepping down earlier this year. But now, looking back, he admits the top job was never really for him. "I just found it quite exhausting," Moskovitz told Stratechery, while adding that he's really an introvert."
"The CEO hoped that putting on a mask would get easier as the company scaled and he could delegate more to focus on actually running the company from behind the scenes, but actually the opposite was true: "The world just kept getting more chaotic - the first Trump presidency and the pandemic and all the race stuff, it made it just a lot less of the company building, being a CEO is a lot more reacting to problems and doing this sort of thing.""
""I don't like to manage teams," he admitted, while adding that it was never his intention to do so, even after founding his second startup, Asana, with Justin Rosenstein. "I'd intended to be more of an independent or Head of Engineering... Then one thing led to another and I was CEO for 13 years..." The result? Having to "put on this face day after day.""
Dustin Moskovitz co-founded Facebook, served as its first CTO, and later founded Asana, which he led to a public valuation of $3.4 billion before stepping down. He identifies as an introvert who never intended to manage teams and had aimed to be an independent contributor or Head of Engineering. He spent 13 years as CEO, often feeling exhausted and forced to "put on a face" while hoping to delegate more. External events such as the Trump presidency, the pandemic, and racial tensions increased the role's reactivity and chaos. Research shows up to 82% of bosses are "accidental" managers promoted without training.
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