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Thanks for the insight. I'm wondering what the devs at both companies were thinking about their CTOs. My point wasn't that much about direct reports to the CTO

by pvorb 4y ago

Thanks for the insight. I'm wondering what the devs at both companies were thinking about their CTOs. My point wasn't that much about direct reports to the CTO, who might already be used to talking in management terms, but rather the developers who are directly affected by the CTO's decisions.

scarface74 4y ago
If the devs are reporting directly to the CTO, the CTO should be technical. If not, the CTO should delegate dev leadership to someone who is both technical and business oriented. As my last company grew, the CTO just didn’t have the bandwidth to be technical at work and delegated different responsibilities to the people who could wear both the technical hat and had the soft skills needed. He would just dabble in things on the weekend. His entire family was technical. His wife was a lead data analyst for a telecom and his daughter got an internship as an SWE at BigTech.