👨‍💻🚀Becoming a CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER: A full-stack roadmap from developer to CTO

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Prime Seasoned Wisdom

Darius A. Tent

15 episodes

5 days ago

Candid convos with savvy leaders willing to cascade from their experience, revealing the nitty-gritty of business and management. As we deep dive into the essentials and the not-so-rosy bits, we slice and dice the challenges and secrets to long-term success in various careers, roles, jobs, and industries. Your host Darius Tent is a seasoned Management Consultant and Interim GM with vast experience in helping global businesses get from point A to point B where they actually want to be, by smooth sailing between unplanned, unexpected, or unwanted events. "Dry version" eps = solo podcast.

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👨‍💻🚀Becoming a CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER: A full-stack roadmap from developer to CTO | Life as CTO

Prime Seasoned Wisdom

1 hour 55 minutes 47 seconds

1 year ago

👨‍💻🚀Becoming a CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER: A full-stack roadmap from developer to CTO | Life as CTO

#fullstack #cto #chief #techleaders #softwareskills #softwaredevelopment #softwaredeveloper #executivechair Best advice for those aiming to become CTOs! 1. Intro 2. How do you become a CTO? What does it take to reach a Chief Technology Officer role? 3. What do founders/owners expect from their CTOs? Focus also on Non-IT ones 4. Advantages and disadvantages of being a CTO in a #product vs an #outsourcing company 5. Advantages and disadvantages of working with local vs foreign Managers/Founders/Owners 6. The most important lessons learned during the #pandemic 7. Lessons learned from the current #recession - so far 8. How is #Romanian talent seen from abroad? Are we getting too expensive? Why pay the premium? 9. Industries en-vogue for digitalization funding e.g. edu, healthcare etc. - who sets the trend? 10. What should become a developer’s USP? Tips to stand out 11. Working with start-ups that attracted external finance (e.g. Series A,B etc.) - top 5 aspects to have in mind when working with such founders 12. Top 5 skills to make it in the long run in this industry 13. #Strategies for becoming the perfect buffer between client, team and owners 14. East or West - pros and cost of working with global talent/teams 15. After passing the #start-up milestone and becoming a bigger company what should owners (re)invest in and why? 16. How dependent is the success of the company on their #executive team and how should they pick them? Is culturally fit just a buzzword? 17. Pros and Cons for hiring people that had or have a #business 18. Have you considered building a GCC (Global Capacity Center)/Delivery Center in Asia? +/-s you see 19. Your cure to fight attrition and keep spirits high within the team 20. Top 5 mistakes when building an #MVP 21. Do CTOs need to keep leveling up their executive game? If yes, how? How do we make sure we grow with the business? 22. #AI tools - job enrichment and efficiency or job cuts and redundancies? 23. US Entrepreneurial culture vs EU culture - if possible to debate on differences 24. Stay as an FTE with an agency or direct hire as a contractor working for the client? Trends 25. If you were to take a new CTO role what would you establish from the beginning/how would you set the expectations with the owners/shareholders/board? 26. How to build, keep and maintain work chemistry at C-level - tips for talent synergies 27. Trilingual in IT, does it matter? Do employers see this as a big deal? Any significant premiums or should we better focus on niche programming skills? 28. Conclusions These are just some of the challenging questions #Management #Consultant Darius A. Tent has been exploring with seasoned CTO and Chief Product Officer Mr. Filip Chereches-Tosa. The end in mind of this detailed video podcast is to, hopefully, help thousands of #developers out there find support in climbing the corporate ladder toward becoming a CTO that, one day, will lead by example!

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