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- — Pros and Cons of Going from Individual Contributor Back to Manager
There’s much written about becoming a first time Engineering Manager (I recommend Camille’s book), but little about the second time.
- — Pros and Cons of Going from Management Back to Individual Contributor
There’s much written about becoming an Engineering Manager, but little about going back to being an Individual Contributor. This is not surprising because it often feels like a ...
- — How to Hire a VP of Engineering
I recently wrote about dividing CTO and VP of Engineering responsibilities. That post is only useful if you actually have a VP of Engineering. So how does one hire such an anima...
- — How to Divide CTO and VP of Engineering Responsibilities
Three years ago I wrote about the difference between a CTO and a VP of Engineering at a startup, but only hired a VP in 2018. In this post I will explain why I decided to do it,...
- — How to Write a Great CTO Job Description
I don’t think I’ve ever read a CTO job description cover-to-cover. Or seen many good ones. I skimmed over the text, at best.
- — Should a CTO be technical?
Should a CTO be technical? What an odd question! Would it be OK for a CFO not to understand GAAP? The answer may be more complicated than you’d think.
- — Zooming Out to Give Away Your Legos
Update: a recoreded talk based on this post at the CTO Summit @ Nasdaq.
- — The Missing CTO and the IKEA Customer Service
The story of tiny startups upsetting entire industries is old. Here goes David and, once again, conquers Goliath. How did cable companies fail at the internet and are being shre...
- — Turning Hindsight into Foresight
A few months ago I asked myself: What does a CTO do?. I divided my attention across three priorities: people, technology and business, spent a lot of time with the entire team, ...
- — Connecting People to Enable Magic
A few months ago I asked myself: What does a CTO do?. I divided my attention across three priorities: people, technology and business, spent a lot of time with the entire team, ...
- — Creating Thinking Time while Walking to Work
A few months ago I asked myself: What does a CTO do?. The first step towards answering this question was to offer my time to the team. Today I want to talk about dividing my att...
- — Offering Time to The Team
A few months ago I asked myself: What does a CTO do?.
- — What does a CTO do?
I now have an executive coach. I wish he just told me what to do, but we pay him a lot of money not to, which means I have to figure it out by myself. So I turned to my personal...
- — What is the difference between a CTO and a VP or Head of Engineering?
My job title has recently changed from Head of Engineering to CTO, and many people outside of Artsy have been asking me to explain the logic behind this. A more important questi...