June 20, 2022:
Mediocrities and prima donnas.
"It can't be done. It'll take months. That's not how we do things."
The CPO gives them unanticipated air cover by promoting an incompetent Scrum Master to Director of Engineering. The error of this decision will become unmistakable, but that will take time.
The CEO is better attuned. "People come here to retire," she says, neatly encapsulating the core dynamic.