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CTO-as-a-Service in Crucial Stages to Success

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The expertise of administrators and senior-level developers suffices to handle routine technical tasks under the guidance of such company members as VP of Engineering, Team Lead, and Project Manager. While some companies might need a one-time technical consulting, others are looking for ways to have CaaS on a long-term basis.

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Lessons Learned: What does a startup CTO actually do?

Startup Lessons Learned

So I initially gravitated to the CTO title, and not VP of Engineering. I feel reminded of one of Jerry Weinberg's laws of consulting: Regardless of what it might look like at first, it's always a people problem. I mean, have you seen other people? They might do anything ! But along the way, something strange happened.

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Lessons Learned: The hacker's lament

Startup Lessons Learned

As a last disclaimer, please consult the definition of the word hacker if youre not familiar with the controversies surrounding that term.) And we cant hire new engineers any faster, because you cant be interviewing and debugging and fixing all at the same time! Hire a CTO or VP Engineering. Just change it.

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Women 2.0 » FounderDating: How I Found My Co-Founder

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Additionally, if you want to hire more engineers, how hard will it be to find people using this language. Need to hire others: This communicates they might not be as good as you want or just can’t hack it and solve the initial problem. You might as well hire an outsourced team. CodeChix 2012 March Speaker Series.

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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

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Update: The end is near, Expensify is hiring a.NET programmer! As you might know, we’re hiring the best programmers in the world. If you are a startup looking to hire really excellent people, take notice of.NET on a resume, and ask why it’s there. Expensify Blog. Expense Reports That Don't Suck. Sjoerd Franken.

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