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what does a CTO do at a company of decent size? do they actually have a hand in day to day technical decisions, setting technical tone or otherwise impact the
by a-dub 4y ago
what does a CTO do at a company of decent size?
do they actually have a hand in day to day technical decisions, setting technical tone or otherwise impact the technical environment or are they mostly doing abstract management? is it a role that is good for people who aim to have extensive impact in creating a technical culture or is it mostly people management and exec stuff but at a high level?
- bennyelv 4y agoDefine decent size? I’m CTO a a ~450 person company, but the the tech team is more like ~60. My job is to set the technical tone about how we’re building software for the engineering teams, to determine our technology strategy from the business strategy set by the CEO, sometimes to just be a technology handy man for the rest of the company. I stay quite close to what my teams are doing, and I call out hopefully helpful direction from the sidelines to make sure that they’re all pulling in the right direction and don’t get pushed off course by other stakeholders.