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by a1445c8b 1566 days ago
> From my experience people "on the ground" often miss out on the strategic long term goals.

This has been my experience too, having been an engineer for the past 3 decades and to this day.

And even if the CTO does a great job of communicating strategy, we on the ground tend to get lost in the weeds just because of the nature of our work.

I think outright saying “no” because we don’t think it’s hight priority is a dangerous move that makes the team a target for future performance reviews.

We should, instead, find a common ground and sell our priorities rather than impose them.