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383: Working better with your CTO for innovation – with Steve Orrin

Product Innovation Educators

Today we are talking about senior roles that contribute to innovation, specifically the role of CTO (Chief Technology Officer). Joining us is Steve Orrin, CTO at Intel. 1:52] What’s your role like as Federal Chief Technology Officer (CTO)?

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Buy or build? Focus on the core product or innovate? Zendesk CTO Adrian McDermott's advice for scaling

The Review by First Round

Today’s episode is with Adrian McDermott, CTO of Zendesk. In addition to sharing his perspective on the role of competition in product strategy, he also offers up his definition of a truly great product. Adrian started at the company back in 2010, when they were only 50 employees. You can follow Adrian on Twitter at @amcdermo.

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Guide to the Software Engineer Career Path

PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

Want to know what your next steps are as an engineer as you make your way to CTO? By definition, freelance software engineers are not members of the organizations that employ them. Instead, these companies may simply employ engineering managers and a Chief Technology Officer to oversee them.

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How to scale your career alongside your startup: Mike Boufford’s lessons after 10 years at Greenhouse

The Review by First Round

For our first episode of 2023, our guest is Mike Boufford , CTO of Greenhouse , an applicant tracking system and recruiting platform. Mike also refers to his First Round Review article in the interview, which we definitely recommend reading: Why This Engineering Leader Thinks You Shouldn’t Aim for Zero Regrettable Attrition.

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Product Manager Career Path In Google, Amazon, Facebook & Microsoft

The Basics of Product Management

Unsurprisingly, there is no standard definition across industries or companies for the career growth of Product Managers. Not every company has the position of a Chief Product Officer (CPO). In some companies, product management roles up to the CTO (Chief Technology Officer).

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The essence of product management | Christian Idiodi (SVPG)

Lenny Rachitsky

Where to find Christian Idiodi: • X: [link] • LinkedIn: [link] • Website: [link] Where to find Lenny: • Newsletter: [link] • X: [link] • LinkedIn: [link] In this episode, we cover: ( 00:00 ) Christian’s background ( 03:56 ) The negative perception of product managers ( 07:58 ) How to become a PM people want (..)

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Accelerating Crafty's Launch Using AI Models

Crafty CTO

So once I made the decision to move ahead on the launch of Crafty CTO , I wanted to get on with it. Then came the decision to launch Crafty CTO and suddenly I had a burning need for art, starting with a logo. Firefly fans: definitely a reaver ship, right?) With words! Could an art model produce an acceptably good logo?