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> I'm an STO on a topic, that means I write and communicate the known truth and our strategy and plans, I participate in discussions around that topic, I talk t
by hliyan 7y ago
> I'm an STO on a topic, that means I write and communicate the known truth and our strategy and plans, I participate in discussions around that topic, I talk to customers about it, I read industry news and leverage my own experience in that topic. Others know me as that STO and reach out to me
This is extremely interesting. In your view, does this work with the concept of "full stack teams" where members tend not to develop significant expertise in any one area and tend to be jack-of-all-trades?
- kator 7y ago"Full Stack" expertise has little to do with STO. To me an STO is on a broad topic such as "Owns this {thing}" etc. It's great to have varied experience because you can add that to the debate on what the right next action is. Now all this said my job has quite a bit of technical details related to it and the fact that I've hacked stuff up and down the stack and ran companies while also having been a customer in this industry is super useful to my focus. In that respect, I would always encourage people to learn as much as they can and understand the customer's perspective as if you lived it every day.