Yeah sorry, I meant this of course in the context of a tech organization.
As a CTO you will spend time preparing board meetings, OKR discussions, be part of strategy offsites, handle audits, have stakeholder meetings (CPO, COO, HR), have a part in Allhands, talk to vendors and business partners and of course handle all internal crisises that are escalated to you.
It's definitely a more messy and political work environment that you should take into account when leaving the IC track.
Not in the realm of technology. I.e. what is our strategic technical vision, what do I have to prepare for investors to explain our technical strategy, etc.
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> while the CTO has the luxury to care more about outwards topics - strategy, vision, investor relations, business relations etc.
Odd, those are all CEO responsibilities, not CTO ones.
Yeah sorry, I meant this of course in the context of a tech organization.
As a CTO you will spend time preparing board meetings, OKR discussions, be part of strategy offsites, handle audits, have stakeholder meetings (CPO, COO, HR), have a part in Allhands, talk to vendors and business partners and of course handle all internal crisises that are escalated to you.
It's definitely a more messy and political work environment that you should take into account when leaving the IC track.
Not in the realm of technology. I.e. what is our strategic technical vision, what do I have to prepare for investors to explain our technical strategy, etc.