Seat
CTO
Engagement
Direct
Status
model
Situation
The founders have been the architecture. They need someone who will hire, keep the core honest, and tell the board what should not be built this year.
- 1Write the span of control before writing the title.
- 2Ask whether the CTO is expected to code in the first two quarters.
- 3Keep the search confidential and short.
The slate
Two heads of engineering who have been the first real technology lead, and one CTO from a smaller product company. Feedback goes to every conversation.
search model. Not a reported placement and not a claim about a named employer.