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You spend hours crafting a thoughtful message to the CTO about legitimate concerns—AI devs auto-accepting PRs without review, tech discussions being replaced by "just ask Claude bro"—and you get hit with the corporate equivalent of "thanks for sharing your feelings, champ."
That response is so perfectly patronizing it hurts. "You're right to push back" (translation: you're not), "as a load-bearing senior" (we need you to shut up and keep the lights on), "your words have weight" (they don't), "trust is earned each day" (we don't trust you), "stay focused" (stop complaining), "keep an open mind" (accept the AI overlords).
It's the professional version of "I hear you" while completely ignoring everything you said. The CTO basically wrote a LinkedIn motivational post instead of addressing actual engineering concerns. Peak corporate gaslighting wrapped in a bow of fake wisdom.
And that dog staring into the sunset? Yeah, that's you contemplating whether your resume needs updating. 🌅
