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Startup CTO or Developer

TechEmpower - Product Management

What does it mean to be a CTO for a startup? Should a startup CTO spend their time programming? Exploring new technologies? The role of a CTO varies as the company matures. Instead, given a startup project, they’ll default to building everything in-house, using technologies that they’re already familiar with.

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

Product Innovation Educators

How CTOs contribute to innovation and product management superiority. 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.

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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. While this might have been the case in the early days of product management, it’s not anymore. Why Shouldn’t a CTO be the Boss? Being a product manager is no longer being a developer by another name.

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Interview: A Chat with BPMA Mentor and Edx CTO, Mark Haseltine

bpma ProductHub

Being paired with my mentor Mark Haseltine, CTO at Edx, was a unique and valuable experience. I recently had a chance to sit down with Mark and discuss the product ecosystem and Boston tech scene as a whole. I want to see Boston continue to be a hub of technology innovation well into the future. Who has influenced you the most?

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

Lenny Rachitsky

Brought to you by DX —A platform for measuring and improving developer productivity | OneSchema —Import CSV data 10x faster | Vanta —Automate compliance. — Will Larson is Chief Technology Officer at Carta. Simplify security.

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The Future of Product Management by Richard Harrison

Mind the Product

Product Management is an ever-changing field. Recently we have seen the emergence of the Chief Product Officer or CPO. In this ProductTank London talk, Richard Harrison, Managing Director of Xpertise Recruitment takes us through: Trends in product management. Product Management Trends.

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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? Unlike some other roles, like product manager , software engineers can have various job titles and responsibilities, each of which may influence the specific direction of that person. Trying to better understand the software engineer career path?