CTO Career Path

The path to becoming a CTO is often misunderstood as a simple sequence of coding well, being promoted, and reaching executive status. Experience from multiple CTO roles and company-building decisions indicates that developers often encount…

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The path to becoming a CTO is often misunderstood as a simple sequence of coding well, being promoted, and reaching executive status. Experience from multiple CTO roles and company-building decisions indicates that developers often encounter the same barrier on the way to CTO. Relying on an overly simple career model is presented as a reason many developers stall before becoming CTO.