Eye-opener (worst take away / for me - you can't be friends with devs-under-you anymore. Or with anyone techie it seems. Probably depends on company-founders' culture - if small and new - or politics - if older and/or bigger)
Also.. you can't be everything. Choose your poison (or if it has been pre-chosen, find out what it is sooner than later), hire other people for other stuff:
And... think/assess very-very well - all-the-time - How much trust you have got.. and for what. YMMV. Sometimes "CTO" is only a parrotizing label for investors to flock on. Sometimes it's for real.
I think it is really tough for execs to have friends in the same department, not just the CTO. Sometimes the business has needs that conflict with people's needs/desires and a good exec should choose the business.
Eye-opener (worst take away / for me - you can't be friends with devs-under-you anymore. Or with anyone techie it seems. Probably depends on company-founders' culture - if small and new - or politics - if older and/or bigger)
some more of hers here: https://skamille.medium.com/an-incomplete-list-of-skills-sen...
Also.. you can't be everything. Choose your poison (or if it has been pre-chosen, find out what it is sooner than later), hire other people for other stuff:
https://www.allthingsdistributed.com/2007/07/the_different_c...
more on the topic:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20642423
And... think/assess very-very well - all-the-time - How much trust you have got.. and for what. YMMV. Sometimes "CTO" is only a parrotizing label for investors to flock on. Sometimes it's for real.
have fun