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My friend, just because you have the skills and ability. Does not mean you have the tools and opportunity. Just because you think you have the skills, doesn’t m

My friend, just because you have the skills and ability. Does not mean you have the tools and opportunity. Just because you think you have the skills, doesn’t mean you do. Operating at that level is less about your technical skills and more about your soft skills. Take this thread for example. You’re getting defensive. I can understand why here. But if you get defensive like this in front of senior leadership. You’re going to lose credibility and trust from them. When you bring them a technical solution that works. They will ignore it because of that. They will also in their minds see less value in your skills. You can be the best software architect in the world. But if you don’t have the soft skills. You won’t be respected as anything other than a replaceable IC.

gsibble 4y ago
Please don't misinterpret my online comments as how I act in real life, lol. I'm very professional. I get fantastic, absolutely stellar performance reviews at every company. At the bank, they were required to put one negative thing on the performance review. You know what the CTO wrote? "Miscapitalized ID in 'cardID' variable name". That was the worst thing they could come up with about my performance. And they still denied me any pay or equity raise. And it cost them $600 million.
- digi59404 4y ago
  I’m not going to reply to you again after this. So take this to heart. You pushing executive and CTO roles. You no longer have an internet persona and a work persona. They are one. As a CTO you become a brand. That brand is more important than anything. As a CTO, you are almost your own company. A legitimate BOD will not approve bringing you on with posts and history like this. During the due diligence process they will exclude you. The fact you don’t understand this, is a problem The fact you are “professional” doesn’t matter. You are being defensive, and that’s not about outward appearances as you surmise. That’s about problem solving and how you think internally. you felt the need to comment the same thing twice, copy and paste, illustrates you’re very defensive. That is a problem. That was NOT a good performance review. A good performance review is required to have a negative item because if you don’t know the depths of negativity of something. You don’t really know it. You can’t weigh its pros and cons to an unbias and logical end. The fact that they couldn’t come up with more negative things is a failure on their leadership. They’re either not looking deep enough, don’t care to do so, or didn’t want to provide feedback to avoid confrontation. The fact that YOU can’t identify this, the fact that YOU think it’s ok. Is a failure on your leadership and is a problem. The fact that you can’t articulate how or why equity is important. Or how to use it. Is a problem. The fact you’re hung up on them, the fact they didn’t do what you wanted, and that it “cost them 600 million”. This post and it’s comments.. Shows extreme hubris and conceited behavior. That is a problem. The answers you seek my friend are not external. They are internal. Only by being true with yourself, self aware, and knowing your self will you be able to move forward with your career both monetarily and positionally.
  - gsibble 4y ago
    Which is exactly why I'm starting my own company. Thanks for the advice.

gsibble 4y ago

Please don't misinterpret my online comments as how I act in real life, lol. I'm very professional. I get fantastic, absolutely stellar performance reviews at every company. At the bank, they were required to put one negative thing on the performance review. You know what the CTO wrote? "Miscapitalized ID in 'cardID' variable name". That was the worst thing they could come up with about my performance. And they still denied me any pay or equity raise. And it cost them $600 million.

digi59404 4y ago
I’m not going to reply to you again after this. So take this to heart. You pushing executive and CTO roles. You no longer have an internet persona and a work persona. They are one. As a CTO you become a brand. That brand is more important than anything. As a CTO, you are almost your own company. A legitimate BOD will not approve bringing you on with posts and history like this. During the due diligence process they will exclude you. The fact you don’t understand this, is a problem The fact you are “professional” doesn’t matter. You are being defensive, and that’s not about outward appearances as you surmise. That’s about problem solving and how you think internally. you felt the need to comment the same thing twice, copy and paste, illustrates you’re very defensive. That is a problem. That was NOT a good performance review. A good performance review is required to have a negative item because if you don’t know the depths of negativity of something. You don’t really know it. You can’t weigh its pros and cons to an unbias and logical end. The fact that they couldn’t come up with more negative things is a failure on their leadership. They’re either not looking deep enough, don’t care to do so, or didn’t want to provide feedback to avoid confrontation. The fact that YOU can’t identify this, the fact that YOU think it’s ok. Is a failure on your leadership and is a problem. The fact that you can’t articulate how or why equity is important. Or how to use it. Is a problem. The fact you’re hung up on them, the fact they didn’t do what you wanted, and that it “cost them 600 million”. This post and it’s comments.. Shows extreme hubris and conceited behavior. That is a problem. The answers you seek my friend are not external. They are internal. Only by being true with yourself, self aware, and knowing your self will you be able to move forward with your career both monetarily and positionally.
- gsibble 4y ago
  Which is exactly why I'm starting my own company. Thanks for the advice.