It seems like you're confusing technical founder CTO at a startup with professional CTO at a large org.
For the later, what you said makes some sense, and it definitely seems like you're more familiar with this archetype.
For the former, the article appears correct. If you've not worked at an early stage startup before, the culture is _very_ different.
As a side note: This article is doing it's job. People that are a good fit for the company will agree, and want to work with them. People that are not a good fit for the company will not agree, and naturally run the other way. Makes filtering out candidates easier.
At an early stage startup, shipping a feature should not require "many meetings across product, legal, and engineering". Especially not one that can be mostly built in a day.
For the later, what you said makes some sense, and it definitely seems like you're more familiar with this archetype.
For the former, the article appears correct. If you've not worked at an early stage startup before, the culture is _very_ different.
As a side note: This article is doing it's job. People that are a good fit for the company will agree, and want to work with them. People that are not a good fit for the company will not agree, and naturally run the other way. Makes filtering out candidates easier.