Engineering Management 5 Aug 2024 · 4 min read How To Tell CTOs, Project, And Engineering Managers Apart Not immediately knowing the differences between a CTO, EM, and PM is understandable, even more so in smaller companies. Read more
CTO 23 Oct 2023 · 6 min read Software Minimalism: The YAGNI Principle The software development principle known as “You Aren’t Gonna Need It” (YAGNI) is one that many teams struggle to apply effectively. YAGNI recommends building only essential features for the Read more
CTO 8 Oct 2023 · 5 min read The Stressful Leap from Engineer to CTO You know who the best managers are? They’re the great individual contributors who never, ever want to be a manager, but decide they want to be a manager, because Read more
CTO 3 Oct 2023 · 5 min read From Engineer to CTO: Navigating the Rocky Road Sam Carow’s path to becoming a CTO was anything but straightforward, according to her post on Reddit I stumbled upon. In fact, her story is marked by plenty of Read more
CTO 17 Sep 2023 · 4 min read CTO Skills: Much More Than Just Being a Great Engineer Today, I’ve stumbled upon a 2017 interview with Nathan Blecharczyk, co-founder and CTO of Airbnb. In it, Blecharczyk discusses his background as an entrepreneur and how he became involved Read more
CTO 12 Sep 2023 · 4 min read Why Product Development Turns Into Herding Cats As Tech Teams Grow Have you ever noticed how things can look so perfect from a distance but less ideal upon closer inspection? It’s like planning a vacation and choosing a hotel based Read more
CTO 9 Aug 2023 · 3 min read The Evolving Role of a CTO: From Coding to Leadership I’ve been working as a CTO on various projects for many years, and I recently realized how my perception of what a CTO does has evolved over time. In Read more
CTO 18 Feb 2019 · 4 min read Building Your Development Process Around GitHub GitHub is a web-based hosting platform where you can host open-source projects and follow projects that you like and want to adopt. It uses Git, which is a distributed version-control system. Read more
CTO 31 Oct 2018 · 4 min read Defining the role of the CTO When a company is searching for the ‘tech guy’ the needs and requirements that are listed in the job description are often quite different from real responsibilities. For example, it’ Read more