[ratww]

> protecting my team from this behavior pushed down from above

OT, but it's super common to hear in management circles about how managers are supposed to "protect" or "shield" their teams from the nasty CTO or CEO or some powerful stakeholder. IMO this is just not sustainable.

A CEO or any powerful person pushing a manager too hard accomplishes absolutely nothing at best, and is a disaster at worst. This kind of thing really hurts the morale and culture of the whole company.

Glad to know your boss is one of the good ones. My current CTO is like this and compared to the company I was in before it's night and day.

[wayoutthere]

Tbh this is exactly what the article is talking about :)

If an organization has the right customer focus, internal deadlines should be meaningless. Customer-focused orgs are generally better places to work overall because there is a shared sense of what is important.