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you are what you do > I am a CTO > "but I don't really do CTO things" so you’re not a CTO according to your own definition of what a CTO does then. my previ
by dijksterhuis 1y ago
you are what you do
> I am a CTO
> "but I don't really do CTO things"
so you’re not a CTO according to your own definition of what a CTO does then.
my previous employment i was “lead engineer”. i got to pick that title. had a 1 day per week part timer reporting to me. similar company description. making technical decisions. strategy meetings with CEO and founder etc.
i was not a lead engineer and ive since changed my linkedin page/cv to just say “engineer”. who or what was i leading? a contractor in ukraine who did work for us one day a week? nah, need a team (ie more than 1) to be able to lead.
do the brave thing and call bullshit on yourself. this is something good leaders do.
- tptacek 1y agoPeople here want "CTOs" to be brave enough to call bullshit on their "CTO-hood" but nobody here is brave enough to call bullshit on the title itself, which is the truer and more important observation.
- mexicocitinluez 1y agoWhat's the purity test for being a "real" CTO?
- tptacek 1y agoLike I keep saying, I don't think there's any such thing. The title by itself has the same kind of meaning as "employee of the month".
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- DANmode 1y agoYou’re also what you can do, in the context of headhunting, which is the context most use titles. At any rate, Senior Engineer fits well here.