Paying down management debt without burning out
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A concrete playbook: a million dollar deal forces a language switch from Clojure to Python, the team adopts stand-up meetings to surface real‑time work, a five‑tier hierarchy (ops, product roadmap, performance, org design, then tech debt) guides triage, and technical debt is deferred until stakeholders see unblockage so buy‑in is possible — the startup secures an exit and the migration succeeds while personal boundaries (fasten your oxygen mask) prevent burnout.
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