Awesome CTO

A curated list of resources for CTO position, with the emphasis on startups

Contents

• General
• Hiring
• Development process
• Architecture
• Technologies
• More links

General

• The Different CTO Roles - Werner Vogels (Amazon CTO)
• Is it required to be a developer to become a CTO? (Quora)
• Three Golden Rules to Finding a CTO
• Becoming a CTO

Hiring

• The Guerrilla Guide to Interviewing - Joel Spolsky (StackOverflow co-founder)
• Why Can't Programmers.. Program? - Jeff Atwood (StackOverflow co-founder)

Development process

• Introduction to Scrum for Managers and Executives
• Writing User Stories, Examples and Templates In Agile Methodologies

Architecture

• Microservices – Please, don’t
  • HackerNews related discussion
• NoSQL Databases: a Survey and Decision Guidance

Technologies

• Algorithms
  • Big-O explained in plain English
• Javascript
  • SuperheroJS collection
• Machine Learning
  • Awesome Machine Learning
• Big scale
  • What is CAP Theorem? (Quora)
  • CAP Theorem: Revisited
• Security
  • SaaS CTO Security Checklist
• Cloud
  • Open Guide to Amazon Web Services

Related stuff

• What makes for a successful CEO and CTO relationship in a startup? (Quora)
• What’s the Second Job of a Startup CEO?
• Things I will tell my kids if they become entrepreneurs
• What do VCs really look for when making investments? (Quora)

More links

• Awesome Awesomeness
• Awesome.re
• Chief Technology Officer VS Coder Thinker Organizer
• Socal CTO

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