Burnout is the bill for the design work nobody did
Burnout pounds middle managers who didn't design the conditions that cause it. Here's the three-layer model that makes that problem workable.

Co-founder and CPTO
Software engineer and erstwhile mathematician, committed to ending burnout.
Burnout pounds middle managers who didn't design the conditions that cause it. Here's the three-layer model that makes that problem workable.
Oliver is a product manager based in Melbourne. We sat down with him to talk about how burnout crept up on him during one of the most exciting chapters of his career, and the deliberate choices he's made since then to protect his wellbeing.
I'm a CPTO and co-founder of a startup, a fractional CPTO, a son to aging parents, and a father to a 17-year-old. From the outside, this might look like a typical portfolio of roles for a senior leader in tech. From the inside, it's a constant exercise in not drowning. This is how I keep my head above water.