As time goes on, the CTO becomes a pretty flexible position, somewhat analogous to that of a COO. This article was useful for me to figure out the kind of optio

As time goes on, the CTO becomes a pretty flexible position, somewhat analogous to that of a COO. This article was useful for me to figure out the kind of options I had as a CTO, in terms of specializing, as the company got progressively bigger: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/five-flavors-being-cto-matt-tucker/ https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/five-flavors-being-cto-matt-t... Early on, like OP discovered, you pretty much have to do it all, but you slowly remove yourself away from a lot of those tasks as you find better people to replace you in those areas.