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Surprised to see such a cynical and negative comment from such a well known account. CTO at early stage startup is often the most important person in the compan
by ldjkfkdsjnv 3y ago
Surprised to see such a cynical and negative comment from such a well known account. CTO at early stage startup is often the most important person in the company, technical delivery/execution, hiring, early decisions on which frameworks, integrations, helping with sales, etc.
- senorrib 3y agoThe obvious cynicism aside, what you said doesn’t really contradict point #1. All those responsibilities can be taken by any IC in pre-seed/seed startups (except the wrongly stated “most important person on the company”).
- ldjkfkdsjnv 3y agoSure, but then that IC, if executing correctly should just leave and found their own startup. And true, sales/building the right thing is often #1.
- tptacek 3y agoI could not disagree more strongly about the importance of a "CTO" in an early-stage startup. With few exceptions, you're talking about functions of engineering management. CTOs of established companies are almost as a rule not engineering managers.