The Day I Realized I Was Fighting the Wrong Battle I was debugging a production issue at 2 AM when it hit me. Not the solution to the bug. That came 20 minutes later. What hit me was this: I was using my Superior-level intellect (yeah, I got tested) to solve problems that shouldn't exist in the first
Coaching The Meaning We Make: How Entrepreneurs Create Problems That Don't Exist I'm sitting across from my co-founder at our weekly strategy meeting, both of us focused on our laptops rather than each other. The silence between us isn't the comfortable, productive kind—it's tense, loaded with unspoken frustrations. We've been like this for
The Hero CTO Syndrome: Why Saving Everyone Hurts Everyone When Your Hero's Cape Becomes Too Heavy I'm sitting in my favorite coffee shop, reviewing notes from recent coaching calls. The espresso machine hisses in the background as I scroll through my observations about Jacob, a talented CTO I helped place at a promising SaaS startup
News Feb 9th, 2024 I want to remember this date, because it's the day etienneX was born. In the mountains of Mammoth. Etienne explores.
