Path to CTO
I have been meeting a lot of great technical leaders lately. Not a single one of them had the same career path. Here is an ascii illustration of various possible ways you can become a CTO. It could be useful for someone navigating their career in software technology.
cto, public company
cto, private company
cto, divisional, private company
svp of technology svp of engineering
vp of technology vp of engineering
director of technology director of engineering
director of product mgmt engineering manager
CIO
sr tech lead IT SVP
tech lead IT VP
architect IT Director
principle engineer IT Project Manager
evangelist cto, startup staff engineer IT Program Manager
solution engineer project manager senior software engineer senior backend senior frontend sr devops sr full stack IT Manager
sales engineer technical program manager software engineer backend engineer frontend engineer devops engineer fullustack IT Helpdesk
developer advocate product manager junior software engineer
intern
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