Category: CTO Career

  • What is a Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of a Company?

    What is a Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of a Company?

    In a general sense, a chief technology officer is a technical leadership role involving many variables: business goals, corporate strategy, team management, technical vision, enterprise systems, and related tasks. But what is a CTO in a nutshell? What is the key responsibility? Without a doubt, a primary responsibility is delivering a technical strategy that is…

  • 9 Reasons Why Great Engineers, Can Become Terrible CTOs

    9 Reasons Why Great Engineers, Can Become Terrible CTOs

    These are some of the reasons why some very talented developers, don’t always make good CTOs and the skill set they need to acquire to bridge the gap

  • Diary of an Accidental CTO, Part 2

    Diary of an Accidental CTO, Part 2

    Mostafa Khattab is a CTO based in Dubai. This is the 2nd part of his blog about being an ‘Accidental CTO’

  • Diary of an Accidental CTO: A Definition

    Diary of an Accidental CTO: A Definition

    What’s it like being a Start Up CTO? What’s it like being an Accidental CTO?

  • Professional Growth : Why It Pays To Be Intentional

    Professional Growth : Why It Pays To Be Intentional

    What is Professional Growth? The definition of professional growth will be different things for different people but it certainly means more than certificates on the wall. Performance Expert Bill Eckstrom “it’s the development or better use of talents and skills that lead to improved outcomes. This development can take place in many different places –…

  • The various types of funding for startups

    The various types of funding for startups

    Working in an early stage, fast moving start up is often a roller coaster experience. More importantly if you are at the forefront  and the issue of funding for startups takes . Rarely dull, sometimes chaotic, often fun but always a steep learning curve. You will have responsibilities thrown at you way ahead of expectations…

  • What is a VP of Engineering?

    What is a VP of Engineering?

    VPs of Engineering are responsible for ensuring that design requirements are met, overseeing the consistency of user experiences, and managing a team of engineers and developers.

  • Non Traditional Route to CTO

    Non Traditional Route to CTO

    As most companies are now technical companies roles like the CMO can sometimes have a bigger tech budget than the CTO and it’s more possible than before to achieve senior tech roles via non traditional routes, though it’s highly unusual.

  • From Senior Developer to Senior Tech Leader

    From Senior Developer to Senior Tech Leader

    Many of us have travelled the journey from junior developer to senior developer to tech leader. We know and understand where you’re coming from and where you want to go. It’s why we launched CTO Academy

  • Managing the career transition from techie to team lead

    Managing the career transition from techie to team lead

    The CTO Academy community is not only growing and facilitating the career transition of thousands of tech leaders within the UK, it’s also gone global with customers and contributors from every corner of the world – Guatemala to Sydney, Bangalore to Sao Paulo. But despite a myriad of different countries, companies, roles and responsibilities there…

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