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zkmon

There are a few serious issues with this kind of "passion" in a work area outside of yours.

* PR reviews for your commits may not be honest, as people may hesitate to reject your code changes.

* You may not have time for your actual responsibilities.

* It may confuse people about your role.

* May be you are not letting some folks do their job.

* You are probably a coder at heart, not a CTO.

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> PR reviews for your commits may not be honest [...]

True. That's already something I struggle being the most senior in my team. It is hard to find reviewer for my commits who dare to actually reject my code.

That sounds a bit odd. I am the most senior in my team and when I make mistakes, my peers reject it.

If people on the team don't dare to reject code from other members on the team, then it sounds like your team has some serious issues.

In a practical, work-world of humans, the org hierarchies do matter and impact the way these humans interact with each other. Maybe not for bots.

That's just a strawman argument. Or course, org hierarchies matters. I didn't say anything else.

> You may not have time for your actual responsibilities.

In your opinion, what are the actual responsibilities of a CTO?

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