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I think it depends on the maturity of the company. If we are talking about startups CTO - usually the CTO is also the first engineer of the company. So in that
by designium 5y ago
I think it depends on the maturity of the company. If we are talking about startups CTO - usually the CTO is also the first engineer of the company. So in that case, you have to code something. Now, if we are discussing about mature startups or companies with resources to hire other people to do the work; then I believe the organizational, people, and other skills will be more relevant.
- xtracto 5y agoSpot on. Moreover, technical cofounders that start as CTOs make terrible CTOs once the startup gets to 50, 100 people or larger. The most successful stories I've seen are startups where the cofounder CTO moved to a technical role (chief architect, Devops or r&d) and hired a CTO. Or they hired a very strong VP of Eng and kept working in small startup mode.
- mooreds 5y agoI wrote about the first technical person in a startup and how they can grow here: https://www.mooreds.com/wordpress/archives/2555 https://www.mooreds.com/wordpress/archives/2555 Even if you have the title of CTO, you may actually be a founding engineer. I remember talking to a mentor who was a manager of managers (VPE) at the same time I was the CTO of a small startup and our views and concerns were worlds apart.