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Technical Review: A Trusted Look Under the Hood

TechEmpower CTO

We then review the answers with the technical and product teams. While this can be a challenging conversation, it’s not as hard to get technical leaders on-board as you might think. Let’s assume that you’ve already expressed your frustrations with technical leadership. Do I really know what’s going on under the hood?

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Tech Leadership books

Apiumhub

The transition to tech leadership is a huge challenge. Technical leadership is different. Leading a technical team demands more than just management skills, but also technical prowess, and the ability to navigate the tech world. Tap into the wisdom of experts to learn what every engineering manager should know.

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Founder Challenges with Startup Development Teams and CTOs

SoCal CTO

These are often the same things that cause a founder to reach out to me about helping their CTO, VP Engineering, tech team, off-shore development, etc. Delivery of code/product that clearly has not been tested. CTO Knowledge and Skill I personally believe that the best CTOs will have a technical/developer background.

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Pitfalls of Agile Transformations

LeanEssays

In the First Round Review article I'm Sorry, But Agile Won't Fix Your Products , Adam Pisoni, co-founder and former CTO of Yammer, contends that “While SCRUM did manage to rein in impulsive managers, it ended up being used more to exert tighter control over engineers’ work.” It means tests as code, infrastructure as code, deployment as code.

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