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Re:One job, many roles: The different skills needed to be a ... by k__ on Thursday August 08, 2019 @07:20AM (#20643452)
This.

I knew a few companies, where founders were fighting over C-level roles.

If a company under 10 people has a CTO it is a bad sign.

If a company over 20 people doesn't have a CTO it is also a bad sign.

I also know a bunch of companies, where the CEO doesn't tolerate other C-levels, for ego reasons.

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Re:One job, many roles: The different skills needed to be a ... by oarabbus_ on Thursday August 08, 2019 @01:38PM (#20646645)
>If a company over 20 people doesn't have a CTO it is also a bad sign.

I worked for a series A startup client with ~50-60 employees (30 or so were engineers) and they had a VP Eng but no CTO. SaaS/mobile app company.

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Re:One job, many roles: The different skills needed to be a ... by k__ on Thursday August 08, 2019 @01:59PM (#20646882)
What's the difference?
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Re:One job, many roles: The different skills needed to be a ... by oarabbus_ on Thursday August 08, 2019 @02:50PM (#20647386)
I'm a bit confused; I'm asking you the question. You made a claim it's a bad sign that a >20person company has no CTO.

I've seen this occur in practice, and I'm asking you why that's a bad sign.

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Re:One job, many roles: The different skills needed to be a ... by banannaise on Thursday August 08, 2019 @03:33PM (#20647806)
I'll take a stab: it means that either (a) the CEO has ego problems and refuses to allow other C-suite titles, or (b) the CEO has failed to hire the appropriate talent for a true CTO role (often because they're trying to do too much themselves).
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