article thumbnail

Startup CTO or Developer

TechEmpower CTO

But be careful, and mind the gap – the Founder-Developer Gap, that is! Hiring a hands-on lead developer might seem like the right move for an early stage startup. It’s understandable - a hands-on developer can produce a product. Founder-Developer Gap How big is your startup’s Founder-Developer Gap?

CTO Coach 260
article thumbnail

Top 20 Female Speakers in Software Development Events

Apiumhub

In recent years, there has been an increasing effort to include more female speakers at software development events. Lack of Representation: When there are few female role models or speakers in the software development community, it becomes challenging for aspiring female developers to see themselves in those positions.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Contentstack raises $80M to grow its headless CMS platform for the enterprise

TechCrunch

While the concept of CMS has been around for decades, a relatively new innovation — so-called headless CMS — is beginning to attract both market share and the interest of investors. Closing the loop, Contentstack eventually bought the CMS division of Raw Engineering in 2018). billion by 2030, up from $21.5 billion in 2020.

article thumbnail

TechCrunch+ roundup: SaaS success stats, leveraging ad tech chaos, 2022 layoff trends

TechCrunch

For those of us who haven’t memorized economic frameworks: The Rule of 40 is a metric investors developed to gauge the health and growth potential of SaaS startups. How to keep your development team aligned with the company’s product vision. ” 5 ways to seize the opportunities created by recent chaos in ad tech.

article thumbnail

Apiumhub supports Craft Conference one more year

Apiumhub

One of the largest software developer conferences in the region, with unmissable talks and workshops between 31 May to 3 June. Craft can help companies to understand how important it is to invest in the way they develop: not just into engineering but into the whole value generation process. About Craft Conference.

article thumbnail

Introducing Engineering Management to a Growing Organization

Gitprime

Before transitioning into coaching and consulting, he was the VP of Firefox for Mozilla through a period of intense turmoil (during which he helped build and launch the first Firefox offerings on Android and iPhone). Don’t innovate on this,” he says. Go focus all your energy and innovation on that.

article thumbnail

Mentorship, Coaching, and Sponsorship — A Powerful Framework for Building Resilient Teams

Gitprime

Hogan spent more than a decade leveling up engineering organizations and growing leaders at companies like Etsy (as an Engineering Director) and Kickstarter (as VP of Engineering). She wasn’t born a manager, though—like many engineering leaders, she started out doing multiple front-end development jobs.