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The Secret History of Minnesota Part 1: Engineering Research Associates

Steve Blank

code breaking would grow to 20,000 people working on breaking the codes of Germany, Japan and the Soviet Union. Norris became the VP of Engineering, Engstrom the VP of Research, and Meader VP of Manufacturing. By the end of WWII, with the U.S. versions of the British code breaking machine called the BOMBE.

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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. If youre trying to design an architecture to maximize agility, how can that work if some people are working in TDD and others not? By delegating and training, we create a corps of leaders who could step in to provide CTO-like services on demand.

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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.) As the company grows, hes the go-to person for almost everything technical, and so hes very much in demand. I would love to have an effective CTO or VP of Engineering to manage me.