I really appreciate that you want to salvage the situation. I've been at the opposite end of the spectrum at companies where the CTO wants a perfect team, and

I really appreciate that you want to salvage the situation. I've been at the opposite end of the spectrum at companies where the CTO wants a perfect team, and fired employees that weren't perfect or made (what we considered) reconcilable mistakes. We were all stressed out that we would be next on the chopping block.