41 sats \ 1 reply \ @avg 13 May 2022 \ on: I'm André Neves CTO of ZE₿EDEE, ⚡ builder of Lightning Address, ⚙️ runner of BitDevs NYC. AMA bitcoin
Best advice and lessons learned for newish CTOs and former senior devs?
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46 sats \ 0 replies \ @andreneves OP 13 May 2022
  • As a dev, it is very hard to let go of the control, management, and development of the platform/apps you created from scratch. Not being the one calling the architectural shots is tough.
  • As CTO you should definitely not be the best developer in the team (whatever that really means). You're doing something wrong if you are.
  • Trust in the expertise of others in the team (that's why you brought them into the team).
  • Drop the ego.
  • Depending on the size of the company, you'll be doing a TON of not-code-related work (possibly the majority of time?) -> Business Development, Compliance, Legal, Fundraising, Product Marketing, etc. You're involved all the way through big company initiatives.
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