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A curated, opinionated list of resources for Chief Technology Officers and VP Engineering, focused on startups and hyper-growth companies.
A curated, opinionated list of resources for Chief Technology Officers and VP Engineering, focused on startups and hyper-growth companies.Is this a how-to guide or just a list of links?It is a curated index of external articles, essays and other GitHub lists, organized by topic, not original written content.
It is a curated index of external articles, essays and other GitHub lists, organized by topic, not original written content.How is the content organized?It is split into sections like CTO Position, Hiring, People management, Career growth, Project management, Development process, Architecture, Technologies, Data, Startups, Money/Finance, Product, Marketing, Books and more.
It is split into sections like CTO Position, Hiring, People management, Career growth, Project management, Development process, Architecture, Technologies, Data, Startups, Money/Finance, Product, Marketing, Books and more.Where should a first-time CTO start?The README suggests starting with the 'CTO Position' section, which covers what the role actually involves, followed by 'Hiring' and 'People Management' for the earliest practical challenges.
The README suggests starting with the 'CTO Position' section, which covers what the role actually involves, followed by 'Hiring' and 'People Management' for the earliest practical challenges.Is this for solo engineers or for people managing teams?It targets people in or moving into CTO/VP Engineering roles at startups, covering hiring, managing people, project management and architecture decisions rather than hands-on coding tasks.
It targets people in or moving into CTO/VP Engineering roles at startups, covering hiring, managing people, project management and architecture decisions rather than hands-on coding tasks.Are entries vetted or just dumped in?The list is described as 'opinionated', meaning the curator selectively picked resources rather than aggregating everything available on a topic.
The list is described as 'opinionated', meaning the curator selectively picked resources rather than aggregating everything available on a topic.Is the list still being updated?It includes entries referencing events as recent as 2022 (e.g. layoffs visualizations, 'Databases in 2022: A Year in Review'), suggesting ongoing maintenance, though exact update frequency isn't stated.
It includes entries referencing events as recent as 2022 (e.g. layoffs visualizations, 'Databases in 2022: A Year in Review'), suggesting ongoing maintenance, though exact update frequency isn't stated.Does it cover technical architecture decisions too, or just management?Yes, it has dedicated sections on Architecture (microservices, serverless, REST API design) and Technologies (databases, cloud, security, search, ML), alongside management topics.
Yes, it has dedicated sections on Architecture (microservices, serverless, REST API design) and Technologies (databases, cloud, security, search, ML), alongside management topics.What other awesome-lists does it point to?It links out to related curated lists like Awesome Scalability, Awesome Security, Awesome Machine Learning, Awesome Billing and Awesome Engineering Ladders.
It links out to related curated lists like Awesome Scalability, Awesome Security, Awesome Machine Learning, Awesome Billing and Awesome Engineering Ladders.What are similar projects?Startup-CTO-Handbook, hacker-laws, path-to-senior-engineer-handbook, HowToBeAProgrammer, hacker-laws-zh, every-programmer-should-know, golang-developer-roadmap, weekly
Startup-CTO-Handbook, hacker-laws, path-to-senior-engineer-handbook, HowToBeAProgrammer, hacker-laws-zh, every-programmer-should-know, golang-developer-roadmap, weeklyWhich topics is it in?principles, management, hiring, startups, decision-making, roadmap, software-engineering, architecture, finance, career, awesome, awesome-list
principles, management, hiring, startups, decision-making, roadmap, software-engineering, architecture, finance, career, awesome, awesome-list