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Episode 419: John Ellithorpe on the Role of a CTO

Software Engineering Radio - the podcast for professional software developers

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The Hard Skills of a CTO

The cto must have a long term technical vision, which is the cit or roll. You also need more of a short-term engineering focus and product focus. The acitio has to be fluent in technologies that are applicable in their area but they also have to be fluent on the business side. Another really important skill is the ability to communicate to the different parties in the language that they understand. This is where you need to act o leverage your organization.

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