In this episode Luca will take us through his experience as CTO and the challenges of moving from an individual contributor role to a CTO.
Luca Corti is CTO at Sibill, previously CTO for Dottori.it, and experienced technologist and programmer. He will help us better understand what it takes to be a CTO, what you need to focus on if you aspire to becoming one.
Luca believes in the importance of learning from ones mistakes as well as creating a safe environment for people to make mistakes and learn from them.
In this episode full of insights we will go through some of the many hats a CTO has to wear.
Some of the topics we have touched on:
- Transitioning from IC to CTO and the differences in the impact radius you have
- Managing teams alignment
- Balancing technical debt as a leader
- The importance of creating safe environments in which people can learn from their mistakes
- The art of hiring and recognizing team fitness
- The importance of practicing soft skills
- Learning to delegate
