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The engineering mindset | Will Larson (Carta, Stripe, Uber, Calm, Digg)

Lenny Rachitsky

— Will Larson is Chief Technology Officer at Carta. Prior to joining Carta, he was the CTO at Calm and held engineering leadership roles at Stripe, Uber, and Digg. Utilize writing as a powerful tool for personal and professional growth. Simplify security. No metric is perfect, and that’s okay.

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Why Product Managers Should not Report to the CTO

Mind the Product

Product managers often end up reporting to the CTO, and some will argue that this is a good thing. Why Shouldn’t a CTO be the Boss? So if they report to the CTO it creates the impression of bias against the business and user. Tools which can help product managers to be more effective have appeared as the role has matured.

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How Benn Stancil’s newsletter became the cure for data biz ‘thought leadership’

Mixpanel

This isn’t your typical executive “thought leadership.” You’re a company founder and a CTO. In the very early days of Mode, there were three of us: our CEO, who was off talking to investors, our CTO, who was chained to a desk building the product, and me. What led you to start writing your newsletter?

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How to Become a Cloud Architect: The Ultimate Career Path Guide

PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

Complete Solutions Architect Interview Prep Course Our solution architect interview course helps you review the most important system design principles and leadership principles to ace your solution architect interview, with detailed questions and mock interviews. So, if you work in tech, you surely know what a Chief Technology Officer is.

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Wartime Product Leadership lessons

The Product Coalition

So what does this mean for Product teams, and specifically product leadership? The landscape has changed and the tools to work with have changed along with it. Myself and our CTO have been side-by-side in leading and working with our small caretaker team. Once the instruments to drive direction & focus, now feel obsolete.

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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? Soft skills, such as communication, conflict management, and leadership, play a more vital role than hard, technical skills. They need both technical expertise and managerial soft skills like communication and leadership.

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Reddit’s Nick Caldwell on engineering leadership

Intercom, Inc.

He had to quickly determine which team members displayed a potential for leadership and teach them the fundamentals of management so they could make new hires and scale – without ruining the culture. I hosted Nick on the podcast, where we discussed the differences between management and leadership, fostering diversity in tech, and more.