Sadly, I fell for some Twitter bait recently. When Michael Abbott, GM’s executive VP in charge of the company’s software effort, left the company, many assumed that this was caused by GM’s problems with software. After all, the Chevrolet Blazer EV had some serious problems that were bad enough that GM had to stop sales until it figures out how to get them solved.
He goes on to explain that he’s not worried about GM’s future. After all, he’s an executive, and not the guy in there writing the code for GM’s products. This concept of not micromanaging everyone and letting people do their job may be foreign to people like Elon Musk, but outside of companies like Tesla, SpaceX, and Twitter/X, most executives would never camp out on the roof of the building. Normal executives keep an eye on progress and make sure that the team has what they need to do the job.