From the course: Chief Technology Officer Career Guide
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The many hats of entrepreneurs
From the course: Chief Technology Officer Career Guide
The many hats of entrepreneurs
- [Narrator] In the previous units, I've discussed the many roles of CTOs and how to excel at them. But there's something else you should know, you will also very likely do things that have nothing to do with this role. In all but the largest of CTO roles, you will be involved in entrepreneurship, which is to say, by coming a C-level executive at a growing company, the growth of the company is in your hands, and as such, sometimes, you need to get things done. The general rule is fewer people means you have to wear more hats. To grow a company, a lot needs to be done, and until you can hire people to do all those things, everyone pitches in based on their abilities and time. I bring this topic up, because I've worked with a number of developers who want to transition to CTO at a start-up from their position as a senior developer or product manager at a large company where they're highly specialized, and it's a shock. In a single day, a CTO can write code, do an interview, edit a…
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