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Thank you. Appreciate your thoughts. > Sometimes the most important thing isn't absolute max productivity. This is a really great point to keep in mind.

> If a junior employee was to write up job descriptions for all of the roles on the org chart, what would the CTO's role and responsibilities be? This is a fantastic question and g…

Writing it out beforehand and rehearsing seems like a great idea. So much easier to just end up using non-productive (or violent) communication if you don't rehearse a bit and make…

Thank you! Was going to reply to your other comment because I saw that one first and I could not figure out what NVC referred to haha.

This is a good point. You're right that it really does come down to getting from him the things that I think the team and I need in order to succeed. Sometimes, however, I worry th…

In the kind of conversation you're proposing, do you think that, in addition to the very concrete asks I would have, there's a place to say something along the lines of "I just gen…

I'm torn on this. It's possible he would be very receptive and appreciate the frank conversation. It's also possible he will wonder where I get the gall to suggest to him, in howev…

This is great feedback. Thank you.

Oh and yes, I do think he's "trying" to recover in a sense. The thing I'm unsure about — and maybe he himself is unsure of — is whether that ship has sailed and he's either unable …

Great question. If he were fulfilling what I view as his responsibilities, I would not necessarily feel it imperative to take over for him. If he were to leave — whether voluntaril…

Thank you, this is very helpful! I like this approach

That would be great. I'll send you an email later this evening. Thank you!

That's the thing. It seems self-serving (and I guess it is), but I am handling an increasingly huge area of responsibility and working around the clock, while he seems only half-co…

Right, I've thought this too. I mentioned in another reply that, on the one hand, I appreciate the CEO giving me some time/space to figure out how to approach this delicately. On t…

Right. No, we don't. He messages me when he needs help with things since I'm holding a lot more in the hands-on stuff. One of the problems is that he tends to work in a silo wherea…

I didn't flesh this out enough in the original post, but the CEO isn't actually dismissing it casually. He actually said this is really serious and said he thinks we should address…

I joined a mid-size startup about two years ago as a very hands-on VP of engineering. My responsibilities including managing about 25 engineers, half of whom are out of the country…