People who left for a Chief of Staff role at a startup, do you actually like it or does it feel like a glorified EA?

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You’ll be the EA, but it would be a stretch to say it’s glorified. Nobody sees the chief of staff as a management-type role.

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When I worked at HHS, the CoS to the Secretary was certainly a management type role. He was not an admin.

what if they like being a glorified EA?

fwiw CoS at a startup has a different meaning almost everywhere. our CoS does everything from recruiting, strategy, BD, ops

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idk man i see lots of CoS from 200-400k cash comp

i would hope that is good enough

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What type of company are you looking at?

The CoS in engineering at LI are not EAs at all, leadership position for sure.

Not all COS are EA. Some very strategic and path to leadership roles.

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