I don't see value in this article. The author asks a bunch of other people in high tech positions what they believe CTO should be. Unfortunately the plural of anecdote is not data.
For example "Don't innovate in the management structure." Sure if you're an average person, then don't. But some companies have (Valve, young Google) and shown outstanding results.
I'm very skeptical of reducing the CTO title to rules like this. This is garbage conversation fodder, it appeals to our weaker human side to create a facade of self-improvement but none of us are gonna remember this article in 2 months.
For example "Don't innovate in the management structure." Sure if you're an average person, then don't. But some companies have (Valve, young Google) and shown outstanding results.
I'm very skeptical of reducing the CTO title to rules like this. This is garbage conversation fodder, it appeals to our weaker human side to create a facade of self-improvement but none of us are gonna remember this article in 2 months.