The president resigned today.
He is staying involved as a member of the board. That is the entire company update I have right now.
My immediate reaction was not polished.
“As if I didn't have enough shit to deal with...”
That line went into a private message within hours of the change. It was not a statement for customers or a plan for the staff. It was the first thing I said when I passed the news to somebody close to me.
I am still the CTO. The company still has customers, staff, and infrastructure that need attention. The message announcing the change does not include a transition plan or describe what changes tomorrow.
The president and the board are different roles. Today one person moved from the first into the second. I do not yet know who takes the operating responsibilities, which decisions move with him, or what the board involvement will look like.
I did not send a long analysis to the person I told. I did not claim the resignation settled any decision for me. I passed along the two facts I knew, that the president resigned and remains on the board, and then added the sentence that says more about my current bandwidth than the new org chart.
There are other decisions and projects competing for time, but none of them appears in the message. This note is only the news and my reaction to receiving it.
For today, the leadership change is real and the consequences are not yet clear. I have the resignation, the board role, and an inbox that was already full before either changed.
That is enough news for one message.