For most people this would probably lead to exhaustion. It is doing 2 full time jobs basically. Because you don’t trust your team. Lets say 80h weeks are OK t

For most people this would probably lead to exhaustion. It is doing 2 full time jobs basically. Because you don’t trust your team. Lets say 80h weeks are OK there is still the hurdle that most corporate structures will actively fight against this level of JD-breaking initiative! If the product is Dropbox you can talk to mates to do your primary customer research. But what if it is say defence contracts? Gonna be stepping on toes talking direct to customers. If you are not doing primary research you are relying on those lackluster colleagues. If you are doing this kind of stuff the job is just in the way, start a business. For startupish roles where your job might be half coding half VP growth it might work. I think Engineers should know something the product is used and why etc. But this can only go so far. Otherwise why have other roles at all?