Archive for the ‘CTO’ Category

TL;DR Leadership and management are distinct but interconnected disciplines, and for various reasons engineers can struggle with both. My military background means that I’ve been fortunate enough to go through a few passes of structured leadership training. Some of that has been very helpful, some not so much. Engineers want to fix things, but working with […]


I’ve been working as a CTO in some shape or form for almost 8 years now. Many people tell me that they want to be a CTO, and then moments later ask what’s involved. Wednesday wasn’t a typical day – they’re (thankfully) not all that full on, but it serves as a good example of […]