This episode is with Stephen Morris. Steve is a fractional CTO with a passion for software development and cyber security.  He directs IT strategies, advises on product and technology and helps other CTOs to go to market too.   Things we discussed:

• Companies not needing or being able to afford a full time CTO
• Helping aspiring CTOs
• Interim and fractional being a career progression from a full time engagement
• How he got bored when doing only one job, and the challenges were the same year on year
• The need for companies to have a CTO
• Bailey & Associates - a company that helps CIOs and CTOs to thrive: https://bailey.associates/
• The difference between a CTO, CIO and CDO
• A longer discussion around C-level naming, and how they connect
• How portfolio careers get more popular in Europe
• A choice of commitment
• Shared responsibility
• How to price oneself: fixed pricing, ongoing commitment, time based, equity only
• How to find work: networking, platforms and recommendations
• Trust between contractor and business
• The Portfolio Collective: https://portfolio-collective.com/
• The trusted advisor book
• How Covid and working from home made it easier to take on work
• The gig economy for C-Level
• Shared learning and cross fertilisation
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-morris-cto/

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