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lol. didn't angel list start off as something like this? it's an itsy bitsy tiny market, even if every cto joined. personally, the domain sounds pretentious and

lol. didn't angel list start off as something like this? it's an itsy bitsy tiny market, even if every cto joined. personally, the domain sounds pretentious and douchy, and as a cto i would not want to join simply because it sets the wrong impression that "i'm better than you and you are not qualifed to discuss real matters with me - also, as CTO, rest assured I'm only transparent with folks 'at my level', although our company promises transparency to everyone". also, i could fake those credentials in a heart beat. just my 2cents, good luck with it though.

bkanber 7y ago
Market size isn't a consideration here.. I just like building communities and getting people to help each other. When you're talking about small groups of a dozen people, it doesn't matter so much if there's only 100 or a million in the world. And I'm certainly open to suggestions on the domain, if you have any ideas!
- johnmarcus 7y ago
  It's not exactly the domain, but rather the exclusivity based on title/status that I think is a problem. Someone could be a PM and know 10x more about managing people than a CTO, but would be excluded because you didn't build a meritocracy.
- luckyscs 7y ago
  How about a mentee program for prospective engineering leaders to learn from those in those positions. There's a huge gap in mentorship for this kind of skill set. I can easily find people to teach me the tech side of things, finding information and wisdom on the leadership side has major barriers, in my experience, and a very high noise to signal ratio for finding this info without direction from a mentor.
  - makerleader 7y ago
    I'm in the process of building something currently, it will be an online course teaching the basics + mentor/mentee/general career advice forum. Feel free to email me: anthony@makerleader.com w/ any specific questions, I am happy to help (I am currently in a leadership role in the high frequency trading industry).
sergiotapia 7y ago
The domain doesn't sound pretentious to me at all. Just a niche forum to discuss things managing and running the tech for a company. I'd love to join and hear from the trenches stories and make contacts.

bkanber 7y ago

Market size isn't a consideration here.. I just like building communities and getting people to help each other. When you're talking about small groups of a dozen people, it doesn't matter so much if there's only 100 or a million in the world. And I'm certainly open to suggestions on the domain, if you have any ideas!

johnmarcus 7y ago
It's not exactly the domain, but rather the exclusivity based on title/status that I think is a problem. Someone could be a PM and know 10x more about managing people than a CTO, but would be excluded because you didn't build a meritocracy.
luckyscs 7y ago
How about a mentee program for prospective engineering leaders to learn from those in those positions. There's a huge gap in mentorship for this kind of skill set. I can easily find people to teach me the tech side of things, finding information and wisdom on the leadership side has major barriers, in my experience, and a very high noise to signal ratio for finding this info without direction from a mentor.
- makerleader 7y ago
  I'm in the process of building something currently, it will be an online course teaching the basics + mentor/mentee/general career advice forum. Feel free to email me: anthony@makerleader.com w/ any specific questions, I am happy to help (I am currently in a leadership role in the high frequency trading industry).

sergiotapia 7y ago

The domain doesn't sound pretentious to me at all. Just a niche forum to discuss things managing and running the tech for a company. I'd love to join and hear from the trenches stories and make contacts.