Ask the headhunter

S.d’A. asks:

After having worked for eight years as the CTO of a life sciences start-up in which I got assigned more and more management tasks, I was eager to be submerged in technology again. That’s why, a little while ago, I joined a high tech start-up in Berlin as a principal systems architect. Five months later, I’m out of a job.

Before joining the company, I had long discussions with its management, board and investors. A short time later, I started with a first project, a software framework for our hardware. I was thrown in at the deep end without a clear assignment and a proper introduction to the team.