New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: What does it take to be a CTO?
Ask HN: What does it take to be a CTO?
2 by applgo443 | 1 comments on Hacker News.
Hi, A friend of mine and I are thinking of starting a company together. My friend is a sales/marketing person (CEO), and I'm the (only) technical person (CTO). I want to know what it really takes to be a CTO. On one end, I see people starting companies directly after their college as a CTO. On the other end, I see people who were architects at FAANG, built massive open-source projects before starting their companies as CTO. I'm somewhere in between - I have a few years of experience at FAANG as a Senior ML Engineer, but most of my work has been on platform/ML research rather than things like full stack development, deployment, etc. I am trying to figure out if I'm capable enough to be a CTO. I understand there will be a lot of on-the-job learning, but my question is more about how much I should already know on day one. The question is deliberately a little vague as it's tough to convey my full background. I would appreciate any tips or suggestions here.
2 by applgo443 | 1 comments on Hacker News.
Hi, A friend of mine and I are thinking of starting a company together. My friend is a sales/marketing person (CEO), and I'm the (only) technical person (CTO). I want to know what it really takes to be a CTO. On one end, I see people starting companies directly after their college as a CTO. On the other end, I see people who were architects at FAANG, built massive open-source projects before starting their companies as CTO. I'm somewhere in between - I have a few years of experience at FAANG as a Senior ML Engineer, but most of my work has been on platform/ML research rather than things like full stack development, deployment, etc. I am trying to figure out if I'm capable enough to be a CTO. I understand there will be a lot of on-the-job learning, but my question is more about how much I should already know on day one. The question is deliberately a little vague as it's tough to convey my full background. I would appreciate any tips or suggestions here.
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