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Biggest career mistake aspiring and ambitious CTOs make

Because they felt so valuable in their career due to their tech skills

Sep 10

Biggest career mistake aspiring and ambitious CTOs make

Sep 10

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Adelina Chalmers a.k.a The Geek Whisperer

How CEOs set up for failure CTOs, engineering and their business

CEOs: Can you please stop promoting overnight internal engineers to CTO because you "want them to hit the ground running"?

Sep 6

How CEOs set up for failure CTOs, engineering and their business

Sep 6

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Adelina Chalmers a.k.a The Geek Whisperer

90% of my scale-up customers who have an ownership problem, it’s usually due to this:

Lack of ownership in engineering often comes with misalignment between engineering and product, especially when:

Jun 24

90% of my scale-up customers who have an ownership problem, it’s usually due to this:

Jun 24

Adelina Chalmers a.k.a The Geek Whisperer

Should I buy a CTO Programme from a university?

One of those that costs £3,000 to £20,000+?

Oct 14

Should I buy a CTO Programme from a university?

Oct 14

Adelina Chalmers a.k.a The Geek Whisperer

5 engineering metrics that can help the CTO build a business case for engineering spend

The one question CTOs don’t ask other CXOs & departments, but they should (because it would help them show the business value engineering…

Oct 9

5 engineering metrics that can help the CTO build a business case for engineering spend

Oct 9

Adelina Chalmers a.k.a The Geek Whisperer

10 signs a CTO has an Executive Mindset

People often say that I am negative about CTOs.

Oct 5

10 signs a CTO has an Executive Mindset

Oct 5

Adelina Chalmers a.k.a The Geek Whisperer

How does the CTO role change as a company grows? (The 8 types of CTO)

The CTO of a startup is a very different professional than the CTO in a scale-up or an enterprise.

Sep 20

How does the CTO role change as a company grows? (The 8 types of CTO)

Sep 20

Adelina Chalmers a.k.a The Geek Whisperer

Amazon is asking people back into the office 5 days a week — but this is good news for small…

Companies will (re)start the most unpopular policies when they know the job market is tough (BUT: This is good news for small business…

Sep 17

Amazon is asking people back into the office 5 days a week — but this is good news for small…

Sep 17

Adelina Chalmers a.k.a The Geek Whisperer

Too many CTOs have no idea what makes them valuable to a company

99% CEOs couldn’t care less about your GirHub portfolio…

Sep 11

Too many CTOs have no idea what makes them valuable to a company

Sep 11

Adelina Chalmers a.k.a The Geek Whisperer

How a CTO spends their time: Start-up CTO vs Excutive CTO

A start-up CTO role is essentially a Lead Engineer role.

Sep 11

How a CTO spends their time: Start-up CTO vs Excutive CTO

Sep 11

Adelina Chalmers a.k.a The Geek Whisperer

Adelina Chalmers a.k.a The Geek Whisperer

Helps Engineers who are Leaders (CEO/ CTO/ VP) get buy-in from their peers/teams/investors by transforming Communication techniques into Algorithms

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