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Re:A CTO should be technical by drc500free on Monday September 26, 2022 @08:09PM (#32990266)
At this point in my career, I think the #1 responsibility for everyone above VP is to maintain everyone's fantasy of a stable paycheck in exchange for stable work.

Once you peek behind the curtain of where your firm's cash comes from and where it goes, you have to live with a deep existential fear that you could mess up a bunch of people's lives... and you don't want others to have to live with that.

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Re:A CTO should be technical by citizenpaul on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @11:23AM (#32996545)
Finally someone that seems to actually have some real life mgmt experience replying.
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Re:A CTO should be technical by stormbrew on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @12:12PM (#32997326)
It's very convenient to believe that everyone replying to you who disagrees with you has no management experience, and the one lone voice giving uncritical agreement is the one person who does.
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