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nah. focus on building cool things people want.

I wouldn’t have had 400M. But I am fine.

Not at all, we believe the asset is worth a lot more :)

Check out the earlier posts in the series. They’re probably more relevant for that stage. What I’ve learned over the years is that the CTO role varies a lot depending on the compan…

Maybe we are wired differently, but as I wrote in the final part, I’m actually more motivated and see myself going much longer (which is what investors want, as long as there’s gro…

Thanks for your message and point of view. You’re probably the only person here who has been presented with a similar scenario, and this is exactly how I felt.

I won’t disclose details out of respect for the other party, but no, not necessarily. As I wrote, it was a good deal for the founders and some investors, but not for everyone, incl…

Hard disagree. Culture isn’t the problem, org structure is. You can call it an experiment or even a hack. Every team is already innovating within their scope, and splitting becomes…

That was the whole point of writing this series: to show how my role evolves and what I’ve had to give up. Trust me, if it were up to me, I’d still be having fun coding (even more …

Agreed on having the flexibility. I think that's the key, the self awareness and ability to adapt. I don't think having CEO/CTO/CMO for founders is a bad idea though. Even at Cloud…

Hi! I could tell you that we were visionaries and we knew a pandemic was going to come, so we were super prepared, but that would not be true. In the early days, Jacob and I discus…

Hi, author here. I would probably agree with that. We only managed to go that far because the first engineers were quite experienced and super proactive. We also had a PM (essentia…

Hi – Miguel here. That is totally valid point. I also think this objection stands true for every dependency of your technical infrastructure. This is the kind of decision you have …

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