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by chasontherobot 768 days ago
I'm trying to figure out where you are getting this "go above the CTO's head to the CEO" situation from the message you are replying to?

I am not the person you are replying to, but I've definitely made a stink my boss about my people being overworked. If the person from the original article went to the CTO and said "look, my people need a week off, but we will still have the software delivered on schedule", that would have been the right solution, not lying to your boss.
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refulgentis 768 days ago
A: Because throwing the CTO under the bus is always career enhancing ...

B: That isn't throwing anyone under the bus. I've literally had that conversation.

This led me to believe B had a literal conversation where a literal CTO was not-literally thrown "under the bus", meaning "authority figure was told the CTO was to blame for $X". Authority figure for a CTO is generally CEO.

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CRConrad 765 days ago
> This led me to believe B had a literal conversation where a literal CTO was not-literally thrown "under the bus", meaning "authority figure was told the CTO was to blame for $X". Authority figure for a CTO is generally CEO.

Yeah, that whole scenario was made-up by you or speedbird2, or both in unison. You read words that weren't there. Here's what the thread really said:

ronxio: Raise a huge stink.

speedbird2: Throwing the CTO under the bus!

ronxio again: That isn't throwing anyone under the bus. I've literally had that conversation.

ronxio never said the huge stink was raised with anyone else than the CTO. speedbird2 doesn't get to define the terms of ronxio's anecdote; that's not how it works.

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mewpmewp2 768 days ago
Then you risk with CTO saying "no, we just can't afford it."

And then it feels like they might more actively look into that.

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