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First of all, congratulations on the sale. Second, funny that his first job after graduation was CTO. Can't see that happening anywhere in EU or US heh
by PaywallBuster 7y ago
First of all, congratulations on the sale.
Second, funny that his first job after graduation was CTO.
Can't see that happening anywhere in EU or US heh
- tingletech 7y agoMy first job out of college (after a failed start up) in 1995 was as Vice President of Computer Operations for Experienced Attorney's Referral Service dba LawInfo. Just checked out their site, and it looks like they sold to Thomson Reuters. edit: Actually, I just remembered I worked for Bill Blue at https://datelsys.com https://datelsys.com for 6 weeks at the end of '94 doing phone support for new internet users. I think subscribers doubled in the 6 weeks I was there. Only lasted about 6 months at LawInfo. Been working in the library since 96.
- ido 7y agoif you read the description of what he was doing it sounds like it was just a fancy title for "the only technical person handling all the computer-stuff in the company".
- n_ary 7y agoActually more absurdity is possible in EU. I frequently notice, out of college PM(grad scheme), 1yoe Senior Engineer/Team Lead, out of college R&D Engineer(with BSc only), 2yoe CTO etc.. These are mostly in UK though but still counts.
- C1sc0cat 7y agoWhy is a new grad R&D Engineer strange? that's certainly most of the people recruited at the first place I worked (UK) started as. OK they wont be at the same level as the Boss (the President of the Mechanical engineers at the time) What sort of people do you thein NASA JPL etc. recruit from university in the main.
- bagacrap 7y agoPresumably those with graduate degrees.
- 0xffff2 7y agoI don't work at JPL, but I do work at a different NASA center. I am one of only two people in my team of ~15 that does not have a graduate degree. There are only three with master's degrees; the rest are PhD's. You have to be both talented and incredibly lucky to secure a full time position without a graduate degree here.
- C1sc0cat 7y agoThat's not what the previous person was saying - they thought it was strange you had new grads as RnD engineers. And I know all about v high end RnD I worked on campus Cranfield Uni at BHRA in the Math modeling and Nuke section Though I was a technician, who of course you need to remind the "engineers" how ohms law works :-)
- PaywallBuster 7y agoI had previous colleague from India, two years of experience and suddenly was a senior. I thought it was more common over there... guess not so odd.
- onion2k 7y agoIt's really common in startups everywhere. CTO is just shorthand for "the technical co-founder".