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Ask HN: Does a company CTO need to be a coder?
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Re: Ask HN: Does a company CTO need to be a coder?
#2Not necessarily.
In small companies you'll need to code whereas in big companies you'd just manage staff.
Re: Ask HN: Does a company CTO need to be a coder?
#3Assuming your company is not a startup using fancy C-titles early, it's not a requirement for a CTO to be a coder but it helps to understand the complexity of problems and gain trust and respect from direct reports if your CTO used to be a coder.