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May 28

The saddest “Just Ship It” story ever and the Supermarket of Software — The AMAZING CTO 11.1

Plus more secrets of successful happy chief technology officers! — Here’s the edition of my for my AMAZING CTO insights, a collection of inspiration and actionable ideas to enjoy and help you become happier and more successful in your role. JOIN if you want to get this days earlier. Happy Friday, I have been to the CTO summit in Hamburg…

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5 min read

The saddest “Just Ship It” story ever and the Supermarket of Software — The AMAZING CTO 11.1
The saddest “Just Ship It” story ever and the Supermarket of Software — The AMAZING CTO 11.1

May 28

Winter☃️ is coming to your company, also: when everything is important — The AMAZING CTO 12.1

Plus more secrets of successful happy chief technology officers! — Here’s the edition of my for my AMAZING CTO insights, a collection of inspiration and actionable ideas to enjoy and help you become happier and more successful in your role. JOIN if you want to get this days earlier. Happy Friday, This week’s insights include A 📚 book recommendation about…

Cto

4 min read

Winter☃️ is coming to your company, also: when everything is important — The AMAZING CTO 12.1
Winter☃️ is coming to your company, also: when everything is important — The AMAZING CTO 12.1

May 13

What Makes a CTO Amazing, 💸 $350,000 for Graduates and a Book — The AMAZING CTO 10.1

Plus more secrets of successful happy chief technology officers! — Here’s the edition of my for my AMAZING CTO newsletter, a collection of inspiration and actionable ideas to enjoy and help you become happier and more successful in your role. JOIN if you want to get this days earlier. Happy Friday, this week’s insights include ⛅ the new CTO Job…

Cto

5 min read

What Makes a CTO Amazing, 💸 $350,000 for Graduates and a Book — The AMAZING CTO 10.1
What Makes a CTO Amazing, 💸 $350,000 for Graduates and a Book — The AMAZING CTO 10.1

May 6

Engineering culture that helps, 📚 a suprising book recommendation and saying no — The AMAZING CTO 9.1

Plus more secrets of successful happy chief technology officers! — Here’s the edition of my for my AMAZING CTO newsletter, a collection of inspiration and actionable ideas to enjoy and help you become happier and more successful in your role. JOIN if you want to get this days earlier. Happy Friday, engineering culture is often neglected. And when not neglected…

Cto

5 min read

Engineering culture that helps, 📚 a suprising book recommendation and saying no — The AMAZING CTO…
Engineering culture that helps, 📚 a suprising book recommendation and saying no — The AMAZING CTO…

May 6

Why no-code doesn’t scale, success is elusive and developers with two full time jobs — The AMAZING CTO 8.1

Plus more secrets of successful happy chief technology officers! — Here’s the edition of my for my AMAZING CTO newsletter, a collection of inspiration and actionable ideas to enjoy and help you become happier and more successful in your role. JOIN if you want to get this days earlier. Happy Friday, this weeks insights include ⛅ the new CTO Job…

Cto

5 min read

Why no-code doesn’t scale, success is elusive and developers with two full time jobs — The AMAZING…
Why no-code doesn’t scale, success is elusive and developers with two full time jobs — The AMAZING…

May 6

The CTO Job Market ⛅, quality of remote jobs and start with the WHY!

Plus more secrets of successful happy chief technology officers! — Here’s the latest edition of my for my AMAZING CTO newsletter, a collection of inspiration and actionable ideas to enjoy and help you become happier and more successful in your role Happy Friday, this weeks insights include ⛅ the CTO Job Market Weather Report Be less technical! What is a…

Cto

4 min read

The CTO Job Market ⛅, quality of remote jobs and start with the WHY!
The CTO Job Market ⛅, quality of remote jobs and start with the WHY!

Apr 20

Burnouts, AI, Idea flow and an interview

Plus more secrets of successful happy chief technology officers! — Here’s the latest edition of my for my AMAZING CTO newsletter, a collection of inspiration and actionable ideas to enjoy and help you become happier and more successful in your role Happy Friday, this weeks insighs include 👉 Three questions to a CTO about the future of development AI 😃…

Cto

5 min read

Burnouts, AI, Idea flow and an interview
Burnouts, AI, Idea flow and an interview

Apr 20

Mourning, staff engineers and successful onboarding

Plus more secrets of successful happy chief technology officers! — Here’s the latest edition of my for my AMAZING CTO newsletter, a collection of inspiration and actionable ideas to enjoy and help you become happier and more successful in your role Happy Friday, everyone is suffering because of recruiting. It was bad twenty years ago and got worse from year…

Cto

5 min read

Mourning, staff engineers and successful onboarding
Mourning, staff engineers and successful onboarding

Apr 20

About our negativity as software developers

Plus more secrets of successful happy chief technology officers! — Here’s the latest edition of my for my AMAZING CTO newsletter, a collection of inspiration and actionable ideas to enjoy and help you become happier and more successful in your role Happy Friday, this week I’m using the first linked article to talk about negativity. Too often our reaction as…

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6 min read

About our negativity as software developers
About our negativity as software developers

Apr 20

About 1:1s, job titles and “Gen-Z Mode”

Plus more secrets of successful happy chief technology officers! — Here’s the latest edition of my for my AMAZING CTO newsletter, a collection of inspiration and actionable ideas to enjoy and help you become happier and more successful in your role Happy Friday, this week I’ve wondered with a coachee why all the work outside core product development ends up…

Cto

5 min read

About 1:1s, job titles and “Gen-Z Mode”
About 1:1s, job titles and “Gen-Z Mode”
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