I've worked extensively with both of the first two and they are excellent teammates; I'd be happy to work with either of them again. They are both very productive, and your hypothesis that they are both managers is incorrect.
> Given my couple-year goals, am I focusing on the right spheres in my life?
> my professed purpose is "expand the reach of human knowledge and ability"; my current vision is "do that by making powerful ideas more learnable and by helping more people become life-long learners"
> which I create based on what I and my team are accountable for delivering to the company.
> I can't ignore my email, but I also can't let it dominate me. <- dominate? wtf?
That's just a few examples but this stuff is pretty cringey and detached from basic humanity.
Seems unfair to claim "Elizabeth's post makes it sound like she's a manager-type" when she literally says she is a manager in the post.