CTO with DevOps and Leadership Skills

Currently a non-founding CTO of a reasonably sized European game startup, I’ve proved my mettle as a leader but due to being let down too many times by the co-founders I’m hoping to go back to more technology and less covering their failures. As a lead, I manage with a servant leader mindset, where I prioritise transparency and accountability. I am open to being an independent contributor again, and in that role I typically enjoy owning an area of responsibility rather than focusing on a steady flow of tasks. I’ve proved myself many times over within various teams at varying levels of responsibility; I’ve mentored people and gone extremely deep on technical topics on request. I’m not perfect though, as an IC I have been told that I am too direct with my needs; though this has not been a problem as a lead for some reason (it was something I was concerned about so I have asked our executive assistants to be on the lookout for people complaining about my communication style so I can improve).