I don't think "CTO" has the connotation that you're not coding. Quite the opposite in the early stages of a company. If the team is only a handful of people the

I don't think "CTO" has the connotation that you're not coding. Quite the opposite in the early stages of a company. If the team is only a handful of people then everyone will expect the CTO to be coding. This may be an interesting read: http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/want-to-know-difference-between-a-cto-and-a-vp-of-engineering/ http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/want-to-know-difference-b...