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It really depends on the company. If your product is software then the CTO is in charge of your entire company minus ancillary functions and should definitely g
by slackingoff2017 9y ago
It really depends on the company. If your product is software then the CTO is in charge of your entire company minus ancillary functions and should definitely get a ton of equity.
If your startup sells shoes or something the CTO isn't nearly as important.
- jsjohnst 9y agoEven if your product is software, it doesn't matter at all if nobody knows about it and/or buys it. How do people learn about a product? Marketing teams. How do people buy a product? Sales teams. Neither of which report to a CTO customarily. As someone who has been a VP of Eng and/or CTO in multiple startups, I'd love+ to say my value was the most important, but the truth is that simply isn't correct. It's a team effort and everyone has to be putting in effort to succeed. + - actually, I wouldn't, but you get my point hopefully ;)
- slackingoff2017 9y agoEh, I don't buy it :). Every company has sales, accounting, marketing. The thing that makes a software company special is their technology.
- f_hckr_news 9y agoNow kith
- meric 9y agoI suppose the task at hand is then to differentiate between whether it is a software company or a company using software.
- zerr 9y agoDon't underestimate selling shoes or something at "web scale" - this is what Amazon does ;)
- slackingoff2017 9y agoAnd exactly the reason their engineers are treated as a cost center. Logistics and sales are more important than sound engineering.
- UK-AL 9y agoIn my area amazon are known pay really well. They push you hard, but is seen as a good place to develop as a developer.