What does every Software Engineer want to ask their CEO?

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1 point·dyadigs··4 comments

I completely agree--in my day-to-day, I'm very much in my head about the problem at hand. I respect folks who can keep the long-term vision in their sights while applying that to short-term decisions which will help in the future. Some of the more valuable things I could learn from the higher-ups at my work, I feel, are related to big goals, changing landscape, rising opportunities and problems in the industry.

I think that is natural to be in your head about the problem at hand, especially if you are busy at work it is hard to think about the bigger picture!

Curious, do you have any thoughts what senior leadership can do better to ensure we have that outlook? The only thing I have ever seen at previous companies was quarterly Town Halls where we discuss the company outlook but I never feel that is enough!

Yeah it's definitely a balance--the big company-wide meetings can be good for context but could also be too broad in scope. On a couple occasions I've enjoyed medium-sized informal get-togethers with my team, and I can sort of pick people's brains. Just having that social environment means I can sometimes talk one-on-one with folks I would rarely interact directly with otherwise.

Agree, now the challenge is creating the same environment/opportunities in a remote setting!

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