3 ms·
Staff engineer. Founders don’t necessarily need to hold CXO titles to work in the startups they founded.
by senorrib 1y ago
Staff engineer. Founders don’t necessarily need to hold CXO titles to work in the startups they founded.
- SJMG 1y agoA few examples that spring to mind, Steve Wozniak and Mitchell Hashimoto
- doctorleff 1y agoI recall James Goodnight of SAS coding while being a CEO. As per https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterhigh/2014/05/12/an-interview-with-the-godfather-of-data-analytics-sass-jim-goodnight/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterhigh/2014/05/12/an-intervi..., he still programs from time to time but doesn't have a specific part in development. In looking at the articles to refresh my memory, it is clear he is one of the good CEO's
- eitally 1y agoI don't think that's the model we should be looking at here. I'd add Stephen Wolfram to the very short list of similar technical CEOs.
- obiefernandez 1y agoTobi Luetke at Shopify too
- tanjtanjtanj 1y agoWasn't Mitchell Hashimoto only a non-CxO for a handful of months between stepping down and selling the company?
- SJMG 1y agoI'm not that familiar with his employment history; you could be right. Either way, he'd still be an example. If you have longer term ones, I'm sure it would add to the discussion