Tag: cto

Old Dog, New Tricks

The Ambiguity of the CTO

It's such a terrible title. It's such a wide role. It's not useful in a huge percentage of companies. You should really only have a CTO if technology drives your strategy. And you should treat them appropriately.

Devtools FM

devtools.fm

Dana Lawson - Netlify

Netlify CTO Dana Lawson discusses her journey from the US Army to leading engineering teams and Netlify's evolution into AI-powered developer tools.

Brooksmarks Aug 18th 2019

Ben Werdmuller

werd.io

What's the best way to give developers space?

Like all my new posts and articles, this piece originally appeared on werd.io. Software developers are not technicians. Whereas technicians are employed to do practical work involving technical equipment, the development process is more akin to writing. Paul Graham was absolutely right when he pointed out that: [...] Of all the different types of people I've known, hackers and painters are among the most alike. What hackers and painters have in common is that they're both makers. Along with c