Not only was it not much of a story, in fact it's so generic that can be applied to almost any field, but I never said he shouldn't have shared it. I asked how he was a lead on a project, when it's kind of clear that he probably shouldn't have been. I'd also be inclined to ask how is CTO is, well, a CTO.

It's a really rather silly situation -- but as far as startups go it seems par for the course. It's quite irritating.