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Sitting in a coffee shop watching a man mentor another man.
He is basically talking about "power" and how it is important to always be in power and in control.
He's using a poker analogy (I think) too.
He is basically talking about "power" and how it is important to always be in power and in control.
He's using a poker analogy (I think) too.
Now they're talking about how the younger person is failing as a CTO.
The CTO is fighting back. "I'm doing my best". The team apparently is asking for pay rises.
The mentor (CEO) is now saying "I'm listening" while LOOKING AT HIS PHONE 😯
The interaction here is atrocious.
The CTO is fighting back. "I'm doing my best". The team apparently is asking for pay rises.
The mentor (CEO) is now saying "I'm listening" while LOOKING AT HIS PHONE 😯
The interaction here is atrocious.
The CTO is talking about the tech and what it does. On solid ground.
The mentor body language is dismissive, not engaged, obviously thinking about something else.
He cut him off saying "I know you think I hate talking tech, I love this stuff but..."
The mentor body language is dismissive, not engaged, obviously thinking about something else.
He cut him off saying "I know you think I hate talking tech, I love this stuff but..."
Now they're talking about how the tech team didn't work hard enough recently
"You know when we had a release and we had a bank holiday and that pushed work back a day"
"As long as the team realise the priority is to finish work"
"You know when we had a release and we had a bank holiday and that pushed work back a day"
"As long as the team realise the priority is to finish work"
This is awful but is by no means unusual.
The CTO isn't able to fight this. The entitlement is oozing out of the mentor.
Is he a CEO? VC?
The CTO isn't able to fight this. The entitlement is oozing out of the mentor.
Is he a CEO? VC?
He's more concerned that delivery isn't happening fast enough.
It's entirely possible that there are issues.
The CTO may not be good enough and the team may but be.
The CTO in my view isn't business aware enough.
But the CEO/mentor/VC is simply bringing up crap
It's entirely possible that there are issues.
The CTO may not be good enough and the team may but be.
The CTO in my view isn't business aware enough.
But the CEO/mentor/VC is simply bringing up crap
Bringing up lots of issues over time feels like he wants to fire him.
But he's not going to because he's not got the experience to find another CTO
The lack of relationship here is awful. I'd never invest in this team.
But he's not going to because he's not got the experience to find another CTO
The lack of relationship here is awful. I'd never invest in this team.
Going to stop now. This is hard to hear. It's totally in public and in hearing of 10 people or so *somewhere* in London.
They cannot have an expectation of privacy
They cannot have an expectation of privacy
It continues...
