Obviously something has to give. Pretend I'm the guy you'd hand your resignation letter to. Can't we talk this over? What can I change so that you'll enjoy w

Obviously something has to give. Pretend I'm the guy you'd hand your resignation letter to. Can't we talk this over? What can I change so that you'll enjoy working here again? Why didn't you just say so? I believe most technical people are better-equipped to handle life's information overload, even though they tend to work for nontechnical people. The people running your venture rely on abstractions in how they manage working with you and your workflow. These abstractions work most of the time (and in fact are just about their only coping mechanism) but here is an instance where they've failed. I bring this up because your investors are ignoring you as their coping mechanism, not because they don't respect you but because this is the only way they know how to deal. Getting them to pay attention, and positive attention, is the trick. You owe it to yourself to at least try. I'd look into offering to hire the replacement yourself and if they agree, focusing full time on that, with two caveats: you get the budget the job requires, and after 30 days, hire or no hire, you're done. There has to be a happy medium between dropping the mic and walking off and living in dysfunctional SV hell. You can always switch to one of those if your compromise attempt fails.