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Effective Technical Leadership

NeverFriday

Some notes from the Effective Technical Leadership talk given by David Byttow. Attributes of an effective technical lead. Knowledge: “A strong tech lead’s knowledge is broad and deep…A tech lead should be a master of several technologies.” ” Activities.

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On average, CTOs make more than CEOs at early-stage startups

TechCrunch

Again, that makes sense if the opportunity cost is a factor; the vast majority of skills needed to build a SaaS company is directly transferable to some of the highest-paying developer and product roles at pretty much every company you can mention. The data suggest that differences vary by stage and by industry. Data by industry.

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Technical Review: A Trusted Look Under the Hood

TechEmpower CTO

Most innovators don’t have a technical background, so it’s hard to evaluate the truth of the situation. We hear them explain that their current software development is expensive, deliveries are rarely on time, and random bugs appear. The explanation from software leadership is often unsatisfying or unclear.

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Aerospace’s Steve Isakowitz to speak at TC Sessions: Space 2020

TechCrunch

Isakowitz is the president and CEO of The Aerospace Corporation, a national nonprofit corporation that operates a federally funded research and development center. It addresses complex problems across the space enterprise focused on agility, innovation and objective technical leadership.

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Should You Build in-house or Outsource Development of Your Mobile Apps?

CTOvision

Once an enterprise has decided to go down the path of building native mobile apps, there is one critical decision involved –whether to build these apps in-house or to outsource development. In the series, this third post will be useful when the choice has been made to develop native apps.

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Sylvera takes $32M to build trust in carbon offsetting ratings

TechCrunch

It says the Series A will be used to fuel further business expansion, including by further expanding the team and beefing up technical leadership. The 2020-founded startup has now raised a total of $39.5 Expanding the platform to include universal coverage of all offsets is also on the cards.

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Tips for building the organization’s technology platform

CEO Tech Tips

Hire technical leadership on fractional or fulltime basis with experience in platform development both with internal and external resources. Geographical location of the development team should be based on organization’s needs. Geographical location of the development team should be based on organization’s needs.