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Thanks for posting this! I'm CTO at a pretty new startup and hopefully going to be on paternity leave next year. This makes me feel a little bit better about it

• jnovek 4y ago
  As someone who has been a new CTO before: I suggest you practice delegating. It will be great for your parental leave and, as you outgrow your current responsibilities, you’ll need those skills. This is especially true if you were previously a good team-facing manager. When you’re accustomed to protecting your team’s productivity and well-being, delegating can feel very unnatural.
  • yjftsjthsd-h 4y ago
    Also, if the company does well you absolutely have to be able to delegate or you'll quickly become a bottleneck, as the company and people who work under you scale out and you remain single threaded.
• SkyPuncher 4y ago
  Adding on top my earlier comment. One of the best things about parental leave was it felt like I was coming back to the open slate of a new job, but was already familiar with the company/culture/etc. Since my team had taken over all of my responsibilities, it helped me realized what I didn't have to do so I could focus on the broader picture.