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62% of Tech Leaders Say Engineering-Business Clash Is Their Top Headache — Here's the Fix

Picture this: your startup's hitting escape velocity, but engineering's crawling while sales screams for features yesterday. It's not laziness or idiocy — it's a visibility black hole sucking productivity dry.

theAIcatchup Apr 10, 2026 3 min read
Clashing gears: engineering code vs business charts in a tense meeting room

⚡ Key Takeaways

  • Misalignment stems from visibility gaps, not malice — fix with shared facts on capacity and context. 𝕏
  • Make trade-offs explicit: options, not arguments, align teams on real priorities. 𝕏
  • Ignore it, and expect talent exodus like early Uber — quantify debt now to avoid disaster. 𝕏
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Originally reported by Dev.to

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