[rpwilcox]

I bet it was a small business where someone ("Todd Packer") did all that stuff once, when it was 3-8 people, a garage, and a bunch of leased equipment.

Now they're 50-100 people, Todd burned out, and they're trying to find another Todd.

(Maybe Todd explicitly burnt out and everyone knew it, maybe Todd implicitly burnt out, went job hunting and surprised everyone... I don't know! But that's what it smells like to me).

Or maybe the CEO is trying to carve off their non-CEO duties. Okkkkkkkkkk.... but owning a company makes you motivated to work unsustainable hours, and... it's unlikely you'll find a $40/hour contractor willing to give 40 hours/week + 40-50 hours "gotta get this done at all costs" free labor. Eventually that contractor is going to run those numbers...

But, yes, disregarding all that stuff, superjobs are becoming a problem...