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One perhaps (cynical) view is that CEOs with business background are basically just arbitraging between investors and product teams.
by nextworddev 1y ago
One perhaps (cynical) view is that CEOs with business background are basically just arbitraging between investors and product teams.
- raincole 1y agoI'm not sure if it's a cynical view. Isn't it what business guys do in most people's minds? To bring together investment, marketing and product because they don't just magically blend. I knew someone who chose to major business despite he got an offer for top biology degree in my country, for this exact reason. By the way, when he told me this decision we were both only 17. (I really should ask whether he still thinks that's what business is all about today though.)
- mikert89 1y agoAlot of CEOs dont start out thinking this way, but it definitely occurs to them as they run the business that its the case. Once the platform is built with sticky customers, the CTO is replaceable with a generic high performing engineering manager. Not always, but for run of the mill b2b saas, they are
- justapassenger 1y agoCTOs just arbitrate between dev teams and product teams.
- mooreds 1y agoCPAs just arbitrage between cash flows and legal requirements.
- mikert89 1y agoNah, CTO is usually deep in the code base, hiring, firing, coding, pulling long hours to ship features, etc
- cactusplant7374 1y agoCTO's shouldn't be coding. They are a manager.
- simonswords82 1y agoYes! That’s exactly what we’re doing. It’s not as easy as it sounds.
- nextworddev 1y agoDefinitely hard emotionally if the ceo job entails a lot of “managing up”
- Aurornis 1y agoIn the same way that engineers are just arbitraging between the company and the computers, I suppose. Every job sounds much easier from the outside.
- nextworddev 1y agoYeah. Everyone’s just arbitraging. Not sure why the problem is