Best advice for those aiming to become CTOs!

1. Intro

2. How do you become a CTO? What does it take to reach a Chief Technology Officer role?

3. What do founders/owners expect from their CTOs? Focus also on Non-IT ones

4. Advantages and disadvantages of being a CTO in a #product vs an #outsourcing company

5. Advantages and disadvantages of working with local vs foreign Managers/Founders/Owners

6. The most important lessons learned during the #pandemic

7. Lessons learned from the current #recession - so far

8. How is #Romanian talent seen from abroad? Are we getting too expensive? Why pay the premium?

9. Industries en-vogue for digitalization funding e.g. edu, healthcare etc. - who sets the trend?

10. What should become a developer’s USP? Tips to stand out

11. Working with start-ups that attracted external finance (e.g. Series A,B etc.) - top 5 aspects to have in mind when working with such founders

12. Top 5 skills to make it in the long run in this industry

13. #Strategies for becoming the perfect buffer between client, team and owners

14. East or West - pros and cost of working with global talent/teams

15. After passing the #start-up milestone and becoming a bigger company what should owners (re)invest in and why?

16. How dependent is the success of the company on their #executive team and how should they pick them? Is culturally fit just a buzzword?

17. Pros and Cons for hiring people that had or have a #business

18. Have you considered building a GCC (Global Capacity Center)/Delivery Center in Asia? +/-s you see

19. Your cure to fight attrition and keep spirits high within the team

20. Top 5 mistakes when building an #MVP

21. Do CTOs need to keep leveling up their executive game? If yes, how? How do we make sure we grow with the business?

22. #AI tools - job enrichment and efficiency or job cuts and redundancies?

23. US Entrepreneurial culture vs EU culture - if possible to debate on differences

24. Stay as an FTE with an agency or direct hire as a contractor working for the client? Trends

25. If you were to take a new CTO role what would you establish from the beginning/how would you set the expectations with the owners/shareholders/board?

26. How to build, keep and maintain work chemistry at C-level - tips for talent synergies

27. Trilingual in IT, does it matter? Do employers see this as a big deal? Any significant premiums or should we better focus on niche programming skills?

28. Conclusions

These are just some of the challenging questions #Management #Consultant Darius A. Tent has been exploring with seasoned CTO and Chief Product Officer Mr. Filip Chereches-Tosa.

The end in mind of this detailed video podcast is to, hopefully, help thousands of #developers out there find support in climbing the corporate ladder toward becoming a CTO that, one day, will lead by example!