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I don’t know about Shopify specifically, but in general I think this is a red flag. Are you going to be able to leave honest feedback on your CEO’s PR? can your

I don’t know about Shopify specifically, but in general I think this is a red flag. Are you going to be able to leave honest feedback on your CEO’s PR? can your CEO run a company and also continue to keep up with best practices for your language/tooling? Will your CEO go along with code style consensus, when he/she hasn’t had time to participate in any of the conversations?

naskwo 6y ago
Check out "No Rules Rules" by Reed Hastings and Erin Meyer. If you can't leave (constructive) feedback/criticism to your CEO, you're working at a sick company.
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cocochanel 6y ago
Yes, a high school intern did that actually - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20490964 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20490964
intellirogue 6y ago
Have worked in a couple of jobs where the CEO or CTO still raised PRs, and they were really treated no differently. There was definitely a lot of code style changes requested, because as you say that knowledge might be out-of-date. I suspect it might be cultural - I've definitely got the impression that in some countries CEOs see themselves as "gods" who should not be questioned by the minions.