Road to CTO: Who It's For and Who Sponsors It

Est. audience: 100
Apple rating: 0 from 0
Cadence: Weekly
Latest: 2026-10-28
By: Kuba Lang
Based on: 8 recent episodes

Covers: Career paths, leadership lessons, management transitions, and scaling challenges from experienced Chief Technology Officers.
For: Software engineers, engineering managers, and aspiring tech executives.
Best for: Engineers and tech leads planning their transition into executive leadership roles.
Skip if: Non-technical professionals or developers not interested in management and leadership.

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#7 - Maciej Gościński: Star developer? La Trace's CTO says that skill dies at the top: Explains why coding skills take a backseat as you advance into top technical leadership.
#6 - Erik Stenman: Promoting your best coder to manager? Klarna's first CTO says don't: Shares advice on why top individual contributors should not automatically be promoted to managers.
#5 - Ammar Shaker: Don't know what your people do? You don't deserve to lead them: Teaches the importance of understanding your team's day-to-day work to lead effectively.

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