> completely slowed down my senior engineers > if my engineers were more enthusiastic and proactive You should definitely get rid of all of them. They're hold

> completely slowed down my senior engineers > if my engineers were more enthusiastic and proactive You should definitely get rid of all of them. They're holding you back. Free them to pursue other opportunities, because it's obvious that you would be taking over the world if you weren't hamstrung by lazy, coddled, overpriced, whiny complainers. After all, even if you don't have the budget to offer what the absolute best and brightest might command somewhere else, I'm sure that the most talented engineers would jump at the opportunity to work for and with a true visionary like yourself.