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Steve Ballmer was an underrated CEO

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371 points greggyb | 3 comments | 28 Oct 24 21:48 UTC | HN request time: 0.669s | source
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lysace ◴[28 Oct 24 22:03 UTC] No.41976931[source]▶
Wow, gotta love the recent MS fanfic.

Ballmer was just an average sales jock along for the ride.

Edit: Seems like I was proven wrong. Assumptions are... assumptions :).

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FanaHOVA ◴[28 Oct 24 22:12 UTC] No.41976996[source]▶
I don't have a strong opinion on his tenure at MSFT, but I don't know many sales jocks with a 1600 SAT score and a degree in applied math from Harvard.
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1. lysace ◴[28 Oct 24 22:15 UTC] No.41977029[source]▶
Good point.

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2002/6/4/personable-ballm...

> In high school, Ballmer scored a 1600 on his SATs and was a National Merit Scholar.

Would the Crimson verify this or just trust the claim?

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2. vlovich123 ◴[28 Oct 24 22:20 UTC] No.41977085[source]▶
He's listed on their page:

https://www.nationalmerit.org/s/1758/interior.aspx?sid=1758&...

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3. lysace ◴[28 Oct 24 22:22 UTC] No.41977097[source]▶
Thumbs up.