<story><title>TikTok&apos;s co-founder to step down as chief executive</title><url>https://www.bbc.com/news/business-57181225</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>hienyimba</author><text>&amp;gt; &amp;quot;The truth is, I lack some of the skills that make an ideal manager. I&amp;#x27;m more interested in analysing organizational and market principles, and leveraging these theories to further reduce management work, rather than actually managing people,&amp;quot; Mr Zhang wrote in a message on the company&amp;#x27;s website. &amp;quot;Similarly, I&amp;#x27;m not very social, preferring solitary activities like being online, reading, listening to music, and contemplating what may be possible,&amp;quot; he added.&lt;p&gt;This fits the description of a Fierce Nerd as defined by Paul Graham. Little wonder he navigated the company to such great success.&lt;p&gt;[0]&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;paulgraham.com&amp;#x2F;fn.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;paulgraham.com&amp;#x2F;fn.html&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>TikTok&apos;s co-founder to step down as chief executive</title><url>https://www.bbc.com/news/business-57181225</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>throwaway4good</author><text>You gotta hand it to him. He navigated TikTok successfully through an absolutely crazy period.</text></comment>