When Technical Products Outgrow Non-Technical Leadership

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guptadeepak · 2h ago

I’ve been thinking about the paradox where technically strong products succeed early but later stagnate under non-technical leadership. A specific challenge I’ve seen is when executives optimize for speed-to-market while ignoring long-term maintainability, creating technical debt that compounds later.

For those building or leading technical companies, how do you balance short-term execution with leadership that truly understands technical depth?

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