One-year retrospective on being a CTO.

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Todo

  1. Work on title a bit

A few weeks before starting as CTO at Calm, I researched starting new roles and collected that research into Your first 90 days as CTO or VP Engineering. This

Lessons

  1. Organizations and leadership roles shift as a company grows in complexity. Has your job shifted?

  2. Better to be inevitable than fast. As the seniority of your role increases, it’s increasingly important to prioritize durable improvement over being responsive.

  3. Determine the right amount of leadership and hire the right leaders.

  4. Only start what you can maintain.