""I don't like to manage teams, and it wasn't my intention when we started Asana," Moskovitz said. "I'd intended to be more of a independent or Head of Engineering or something again." Moskovitz said that he found being a CEO "quite exhausting" and that he was "an introvert." "I had to just kind of put on this face day after day and then in the beginning I was like, 'Oh, it's going to get easier, the company will get more mature,'" Moskovitz told Stratechery. "Then the world just kept getting more chaotic.""
"He listed some of the reasons leadership became more challenging: "The first Trump presidency and the pandemic and all the race stuff.""
""I felt very responsible for the success of the company, for the 3,000 people," Kaufer said. After stepping down as CEO of Stability AI, Emad Mostaque said that "being a CEO sucks.""
Dustin Moskovitz cofounded Facebook and Asana and served as Asana's CEO for over a decade before stepping down in July. He did not enjoy managing teams and had intended to return to an independent or Head of Engineering role. He described the CEO role as quite exhausting, noted his introversion, and said he often had to put on a public face. He cited the first Trump presidency, the pandemic, and racial tensions as forces that made leadership more difficult. Other former CEOs have expressed similar sentiments about the burdens and responsibilities of leading large organizations.
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