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Technology leadership in small and growing organisations, where the leader still writes specifications and answers support calls.

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From What Technology Leadership Means in a Small Company.

1 essay in Leadership

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What Technology Leadership Means in a Small Company

When the CTO also writes specifications, reviews code, trains staff and answers the difficult customer call

What the essay covers:

  • The job is several jobs
  • Decisions that outlive the people who made them
  • Growing people is the main multiplier
  • Staying close to customers
  • Leading technology decisions about AI
  • What makes the role sustainable

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Why Rohit writes about leadership

Leading technology in a small organisation means making architectural decisions in the morning and answering customer calls in the afternoon. These essays are about that kind of leadership.

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