The most common conversation I’ve had during the last three start-ups was the growth conversation.
Some version of: “Rands. I am here. How do I get there?”
For leadership-minded engineers, there are four career paths available to you. I will describe three briefly, and then I’ll talk about the fourth one a lot.
The first three career paths for leadership-minded engineers are CEO, CTO, or VP of Engineering.
If it strikes you a little saccharine or aggressively optimistic about showcasing these executive roles to an engineer who just graduated from the University of Waterloo with barely a year of experience ...