--- title: The One Where I Lie To The CTO | daily.dev description: A software developer shares a story about a project where the CTO's decision turned out to be a bad idea. The author and their team faced challenges with the... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-one-where-i-lie-to-the-cto-gbry7aho5 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The One Where I Lie To The CTO | daily.dev og:description: A software developer shares a story about a project where the CTO's decision turned out to be a bad idea. The author and their team faced challenges with the... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-one-where-i-lie-to-the-cto-gbry7aho5 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/GbRY7aHO5.png og:image:alt: The One Where I Lie To The CTO og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The One Where I Lie To The CTO **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 5 min read · 33 upvotes · 4 comments ## Summary A software developer shares a story about a project where the CTO's decision turned out to be a bad idea. The author and their team faced challenges with the vendor's 'product' and ultimately had to lie to the CTO to meet the project's launch date. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@bojan920** · 2 upvotes > Fantastic story **@dragonsong3k** · 1 upvotes > Its called "Managing Up." A successful leader learns that they must manage in both directions. > > In picking your battles, > - asses the risk, > - make a solid plan A and B > - Throw in a bit of the "Scotty Principle" > - execute. **@pikl** · 0 upvotes > So you lie about the milestones you were hitting because you already hit it ? ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#career](https://daily.dev/tags/career), [#project-management](https://daily.dev/tags/project-management) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/the-one-where-i-lie-to-the-cto-gbry7aho5) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"The One Where I Lie To The CTO","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-one-where-i-lie-to-the-cto-gbry7aho5","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-one-where-i-lie-to-the-cto-gbry7aho5"},"datePublished":"2024-05-09T02:55:24.719Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T02:55:23.160Z","description":"A software developer shares a story about a project where the CTO's decision turned out to be a bad idea. 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