Also, this might be a wildly unpopular opinion, but... As much as we glorify technical founders, a CTO is still an employee. YC has an investment thesis that

Also, this might be a wildly unpopular opinion, but... As much as we glorify technical founders, a CTO is still an employee. YC has an investment thesis that fixates on early technical talent, but I think software production is basically a commodity in 2023 (and onwards). Here's an example of me generating an AsyncApi schema with ChatGPT (similar to OpenAPI / Swagger, but for systems built around distributed events/msgs). https://twitter.com/grepLeigh/status/1604935357832654848?t=XfFyc2Pix585qoJAqo9QQQ&s=19 https://twitter.com/grepLeigh/status/1604935357832654848?t=X... In a year or two, I'll probably be able to build a production micro-service by dictating to an LLM. That'll be the execution tool of choice for a Founder doesn't have much coding exp, but has 10-15+ years of line of business experience. I say all this as someone who thought they'd be a CTO and has depended on software to put food on the table for 15 years.