cantlookaway

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Ask HN: CTO wants me to leave

403 points·by cantlookaway·vor 12 Jahren·274 comments

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cantlookaway

·vor 12 Jahren·discuss

How? I would have thought that the improved and existing code base being my work would strengthen my hand.

cantlookaway

·vor 12 Jahren·discuss

I will get a lawyer, not the company one. Thank you for all of your advice.

cantlookaway

·vor 12 Jahren·discuss

> if you have hired a CTO who is better at engineering than you

He doesn't do development himself(he does review everything before it goes into the production branch), simply that he knows better developers than I.

I have re-written much of our original code to a point where it is of good quality, both in it's intended role and in readability.

I did have a habit of cutting corners which later came back to bite us but that is not the case anymore.

cantlookaway

·vor 12 Jahren·discuss

I am a very easy going guy who dislikes confrontation, I also assume the people I am working with are my peers, and treat them as such.

cantlookaway

·vor 12 Jahren·discuss

Thank you for taking the time to respond.

> The rest of my advice assumes the CEO (your co-founder) has quite a bit of confidence in the CTO.

This is the case, it is in my interest however to remain in the company because my equity is vested, the sooner I leave the less I will get in return, apart from my time, and opportunity cost I invested all my personal wealth.