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It's not a management title, it's a role. Being a 2 people company or a 20k+, you still have to manage financial, technical, operation aspects of your business
by Juliate 7y ago
It's not a management title, it's a role.
Being a 2 people company or a 20k+, you still have to manage financial, technical, operation aspects of your business.
Same role name, different implications depending on scale.
- ska 7y agoIt’s a role (CTO), but not one that exist on a small team. If you are a small handful of people starting off, you don’t need a CFO, you need a bookkeeper and an accountant. You don’t need a CTO, you need a tech lead. All that rest is a mix of confusion and puffery.
- Juliate 7y agoThe puffery is in the inflation of the supposed prestige of such titles (both in puny and large settings).
- jasonpeacock 7y agoThere's a level of strategy, planning, influence, and execution that is completely missing at the small level - it's not even a matter of scale. Ignoring that when giving yourself a C-level title is what I take issue with.
- Juliate 7y agoYou're saying exactly the same thing I'm saying. Same role name, different situational implications. Being a mayor of a small village or of Paris or New-York, you're still the mayor.