Tim Cook, the interview: Running Apple ‘is sort of a lonely job’
PG talked about this in his talk &#x27;before the startup&#x27;<p>&quot;Larry Page may seem to have an enviable life, but there are aspects of it that are unenviable. Basically at 25 he started running as fast as he could and it must seem to him that he hasn&#x27;t stopped to catch his breath since. Every day new shit happens in the Google empire that only the CEO can deal with, and he, as CEO, has to deal with it. If he goes on vacation for even a week, a whole week&#x27;s backlog of shit accumulates. And he has to bear this uncomplainingly, partly because as the company&#x27;s daddy he can never show fear or weakness, and partly because billionaires get less than zero sympathy if they talk about having difficult lives. Which has the strange side effect that the difficulty of being a successful startup founder is concealed from almost everyone except those who&#x27;ve done it.&quot;<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;paulgraham.com&#x2F;before.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;paulgraham.com&#x2F;before.html</a>