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What it really means to be a startup CTO
- tptacek 16y agoThis sounds more like "what it means to be a startup Director of Engineering". CTO, for what it's worth, is a bit of a vanity title. Also, CTO : Architect :: Dir/E : Developer. Most "smart, gets things done" types don't want the A-word in their title anymore.
- Jabbles 16y agoA story within a story, summarised as "don't try and re-write the entire codebase", which Joel proclaimed to be "the single worst strategic mistake that any software company can make" 10 years ago: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000069.html http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000069.html i.e. nothing new