Ask HN: CTOs; what does your typical day/week consist of?

Re:Ask HN: CTOs; what does your typical day/week consist of? by DamonHD on Wednesday April 26, 2017 @06:21AM (#14201881)

As a combination CEO/CTO at the moment, rather less tech and rather more strategising than one might imagine.

Previous founder/CTO role not enough outward-facing strategising, SWOT, etc, and maybe a bit too much time in the codebase.

My current mantra is that the 'T' part is much less than half the job from a dev standpoint; it's slotting that together with all the other considerations that is key.

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Re:Ask HN: CTOs; what does your typical day/week consist of? by obayesshelton on Wednesday April 26, 2017 @06:53AM (#14202010)

when you talk about "strategizing" are talking about finding and conceptualising new technologies or looking at your competitors?

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Re:Ask HN: CTOs; what does your typical day/week consist of? by DamonHD on Wednesday April 26, 2017 @07:24AM (#14202116)

Both, and cost reduction techniques, and channels to market, etc.

In other words, setting the parameters of the space in which we then get to apply the 'T' part!

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