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Re:Is software development really a dead-end job after age 3... by myth_drannon on Friday November 17, 2017 @01:31PM (#15724643)
This is a big problem in startups. Developers with very little to nothing of not only management experience but even development experience become VPofE/Directors/CTOs and wreak psychological havoc on people they are supposed to manage. Sometimes they do it on purpose because of insecurities or many times just unintentionally.
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Re:Is software development really a dead-end job after age 3... by hfourm on Friday November 17, 2017 @01:53PM (#15724861)
Usually the bigger problem there isn't as much the individuals, but why the startup needed that role to begin with.

A lot of times early companies will go through the motions of, "needing" a VP of Engineering, or CTO, or whatever. In reality their process does not need that, and those roles are either meaningless titles at best or cause unnecessary process to crop up and hinder productivity.

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