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> I tend to leave or avoid startups that have created a management layer between executive leadership and ICs.

This is another way to say you leave if you're not trusted at the highest level. Your being behind someone else's management is just a way to keep you away from information and opportunities.

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Like I mentioned before that statement, I've been asked. And I've denied it each time.

And I'll say further, it does not lessen the trust between myself and those at the 'highest level' - if anything, they've understood me and respected me for it.

... then why do you 'tend to leave'?

Because I like interesting problems. Sometimes that's programing. Sometimes that's being at the roundtable of decision-making for the business. But either of those things get boring and tedious when you reach a certain scale; when management starts to grow.

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