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I work at a startup, the CTO is extremely technical and I bet he's aware of the dynamics. I think I kind of agree that this policy is good for the company - cur

I work at a startup, the CTO is extremely technical and I bet he's aware of the dynamics. I think I kind of agree that this policy is good for the company - currently, we're in an early "market grab" phase, so it's all about velocity (adding as many features as possible, we're selling to enterprise and for a lot of clients a lack of a specific feature is a no-go) and not so much about quality. The fallout of this approach will be burned out devs, but most of us aren't going to leave because it's pretty much the same thing in most other dev jobs. Hence my question - has anyone witnessed a workplace where mastery is possible and (preferably) even encouraged?

Tempest1981 10y ago
What you describe may not be uncommon for a junior level position, especially under a strong technical leader. If you've demonstrated more senior skills, maybe you can discuss with him a more senior role. Or silently accept your role. You bet he's aware, but he may not be aware -- some highly technical people lack people skills.
- taway_1212 10y ago
  From what I'm seeing, the most senior people are sadly all over the place as well. Because they know a lot about different subsystems, they're often pulled in to help on them (it's partially the consequence of aggresively growing the dev team - there's a lot of arcane knowledge required to be efficient and most folks are too new and don't have it). So, the seniors' jobs do not look fun at all. But yeah, maybe being a senior on a more stable team could be fun.