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Chief of Staff is glorified PA from an elite college.

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PA - peak asshole ? 🤪 the guy sits in every meeting and is extremely full of himself hence asked

1. Project management 2. Enforcer for said projects 3. Founders operational bitch 4. Picks projects to own of theirs. Essentially part time PA part time EA depending on your luck.

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I have seen those chief of staff to be extremely knowledgable and impactful in companies like Amazon.  
  
 But I have also seen companies where those CoS personnel were literally full of themselves and would put random CP in important meetings, without actually being held accountable for anything. 
  
 Think it varies across companies and more importantly how well the CEO/CXO can think of those roles

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What does someone who is Chief of staff actually do ? Why do early stage startups look at hiring for these roles ?

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Chief of Staff is like the Badi Bahu (eldest daughter-in-law), expected to fix 3 decades of shit work culture

One of my bosses introduced me as "She follows me wherever I go"
Am I the Hutch dog?! (If you don't know Hutch dog, you are way too young)

It can be a rewarding role only if you know how to set firm boundaries; otherwise, people gonna take advantage of you.

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As the title suggests, I often wonder what is the natural progression for people who join startups in Chief of Staff or even Founder's office roles? Do they move to a specialized vertical internally? Or do they move to other startups in CoS roles? Or they do their own venture (I like to believe this is still less likely). Have this thought because a lot of Tier 1 MBA, MBB consultant profiles have been moving to these roles and it really makes me wonder what path would the careers of these top talents take?

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Hey folks! A lot of people have been asking me on LinkedIn about how to get into strategy / founders' office roles. I'm in that role but I had never 'tried-tried' for it so I'm also not aware of the landscape really.

Would love to hear from other folks here who are in this role to get a better idea of what you do at your orgs! What does your day to day work look like? What was your prior experience? How did you get into this role? etc.

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I would like to say that Indian firms have made a joke out of critical titles such as Chief of Staff! 🤷‍♂️

In big tech; CoS is an extremely critical & cutthroat leadership role, equivalent to a Sr. Director but here anyone can be CoS at 4-5 yoe. 😅

Recently a similar folks applied for the role of L8 & recruiter pointed out that he is CoS & graduated in 2018. 

What do you think?

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someone please explain...

Software Engineer

1. PA - Personal Assistant
Managing your personal commitments, people very high up (read rich) hire them, because their personal social life is as active

2. EA - Executive Assistant 
Managing professional commitments, they ensure your calendar is up to date, your travel and stay bookings, basically admin work for CXOs

3. PM - Personal Managers
The ones that celebrities have, they manage personal and professional commitments 

4. CoS - Chief of Staff
Generally to CEO/Founders (can be to other CXOs too), one person keeping founders on track with mission the company is built for. 
Strictly professional role, but some new age founders try blurring these lines. Major red flag 🚩 

5. Founder's Office
Can be one to multiple members, taking care of different departments - marketing, strategy, operations, etc.
This is usually huge cost to company, and very profitable (or well funded) companies can manage sustaining these.

Putting in here what I have learnt in the industry, please feel free to correct me/ add more details here

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I am applying for the role of chief of staff for a  startup. I already am currently swamped with work. They have shared the details regarding the hiring process. 
Do you guys feel that the hiring process looks very time consuming? Or is it normal for such roles?

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Hey folks, recently have found myself on career crossroads. Not sure what kind of career paths generalists have after certain YoE. Are there some generalists on the platform with more than 6-7 YoE who can throw light on what kind of roles are available to generalists after a certain level? Ideally, would want to look at big tech cos.

Current profile: 5yrs post mba work ex in consulting + startups.

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