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 thro

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.