A bunch of people quit and now I'm the most senior engineering person around. But I'm not senior _enough_ to stop the non-tech founders and other C-levels from

A bunch of people quit and now I'm the most senior engineering person around. But I'm not senior _enough_ to stop the non-tech founders and other C-levels from doing the wrong thing, and it feels like most of the stuff we do day-to-day is just feel-good theater. It's not fulfilling, and the company is in massive disarray, but I stay because: I like my direct reports and other engineering colleagues; we have a fair bit of runway and the pay is decent; and in practice I have no immediate boss at this point, so things are pretty flexible for me personally. I'm thinking about taking a pay cut and doing something more interesting though.