Ask the CTO: Defeat micromanagement by trusting more and controlling less
Let the systems and your team do the work.
Ask The CTO
Ask the CTO: Completing projects is difficult with a changing business roadmap
Anticipate change, but keep an eye on technical debt.
Ask the CTO: A peer manager is trying to take my engineers
Build up your “first team” relationships to avoid conflict.
Ask the CTO: Balancing development desire with product goals
We can’t build systems in a vacuum--architecture is a multi-year vision requiring an iterative delivery.
Ask the CTO: Protecting my team in times of stress
Think of yourself not as a shield, but as a selectively passive membrane.
Ask the CTO: How do I hire managers?
What to look for and how to approach hiring new managers for teams.
Ask the CTO: Achieving friction-free status updates
How do I figure out what’s happening in a project without tapping engineers on the shoulder to ask?
Ask the CTO: New manager has a fear of losing a technical edge
Navigating the leadership transition from hands-on to hands-off.