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HOW TO: Hire the Perfect CTO

mashable.com

Today, CTOs are multi-taskers that aren’t just coders locked in some basement — they play a vital role in a tech company’s strategic plan and growth. Leadership Abilities Are A Must It’s natural to want a tech savvy and competent CTO. Solid leadership is essential to the success of any team.

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Where is the best place to find a rockstar developer to bring it to life?

www.quora.com

The kids running amok within Quora (the website) insist on the quasi-fascist myth of the 10x developer who single-handedly is more productive than a whole bunch of incompetent coders (you can imagine the environment they come from.) When Zuckerberg started Thefacebook.com he was a PHP coder (translation: not a real developer).

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

blog.expensify.com

But my coders will beat up your coders, any day of the week. No offense, but I honestly think you have no idea what you’re talking about, and your irrational language biases are probably making you lose some really good coders. ” So, essentially you want redneck coders that will kill it and grill it.

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