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It's interesting as it's often the CTO (or early technical lead) who will get pushed out as a company grows - particularly true for non founders. My impression
by iamflimflam1 4y ago
It's interesting as it's often the CTO (or early technical lead) who will get pushed out as a company grows - particularly true for non founders.
My impression has always been that there's an assumption the CEO can grow, but the technical person can't.
- patkai 4y ago> it's often the CTO This is interesting. Do others have the same experience? (I don't have a large enough sample to tell.)
- iamflimflam1 4y agoTo be fair, sometimes it's not unreasonable. There is a huge difference between being in an often tiny team smashing out code to get a product out the door and leading multiple teams specialising in multiple different disciplines. There's also a huge difference between being able to architect a piece of software and being able to work out a 5 year technology roadmap, manage budgets, analyse the competitive landscape, manage multiple stakeholders etc... For some people that difference is the difference between having an enjoyable job and absolutely hating going to work...