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maybe that works out for you but its not at all how I operate.

• scarface_74 1y ago
  Good luck with trying to change a whole corporate culture. What power do you think you have to make a difference?
  • bad_boomerang 1y ago
    It's a small org, the use of the term "exec" is technically correct but chosen in order to add additional noise (I'm a throwaway, right?). They're doubling the size of the dev team and I'm the first hire with considerably more experience than any of their existing staff. I think there's a good chance they might listen to me, as long as I don't take my shot too soon, prove the value I can add to the business before I do it, pick my moment correctly and present the right information at the right time, couched in a way that isn't entirely in opposition. C'mon, listen to what I'm asking for, I have a lot of ideas of how to do this but nobody has really given me anything yet to even put a dent in what I have thought of already. While your criticism might be appropriate you've basically taken time out of your day to tell someone else to give up. Is this who you thought you would be?
    • scarface_74 1y ago
      If you have ever read the “7 habits of successful people”, you would have heard about working within your “circle of influence” which is usually smaller than “your circle of concern”. I get it, I have worked at startups where I had the ear of CTO and could guide architecture basically how I wanted. But even I knew my circle of influence didn’t extend to how they do business.
      • bad_boomerang 1y ago
        and the question is how to successfully translate having someones ear to guiding them into healthier outlooks on the subject. For which I have yet to receive any useful advice. Perhaps I shouldn't have asked.