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Adelina Chalmers a.k.a The Geek Whisperer

Adelina Chalmers a.k.a The Geek Whisperer

3 Surprising attributes/skills of the best CTOs:

1. They are NOT a world expert in a niche tech area, but a well rounded professional with both tech experience as well as business accumen…

1 min read5 days ago

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Adelina Chalmers a.k.a The Geek Whisperer

THE ONE thing most leaders don't consider when measuring performance that's crucial to it:

Trust that they won't be punished for telling the truth early!

1 min readMay 6, 2024

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Adelina Chalmers a.k.a The Geek Whisperer

"I heard that you are cr@p at your job" said a CTO to me in a one to one meeting

1 min readMay 5, 2024

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Adelina Chalmers a.k.a The Geek Whisperer

4 years ago I interviewed over 20 investors to find out what would make them kick out the founders…

1. You act like you know everything all the time.

3 min readMay 5, 2024

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Adelina Chalmers a.k.a The Geek Whisperer

How company culture is ACTUALLY created

CEO to CTO: "A good CTO should be able to deal with that".

2 min readMay 5, 2024

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Adelina Chalmers a.k.a The Geek Whisperer

Everyone wants to be a CTO but most will be disappointed when they get there.

What many engineers imagine the CTO job is about:

2 min readMay 5, 2024

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Adelina Chalmers a.k.a The Geek Whisperer

Without business acumen, most CTOs in scaleups will be replaced in time

A CTO who just understands tech very deeply in one tiny expert area, without the business acumen is more likely a liability than a value…

1 min readMay 4, 2024

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Adelina Chalmers a.k.a The Geek Whisperer

Many scale up CTOs make themselves miserable because don't use this one key power they hold:

1 min readMay 3, 2024

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Adelina Chalmers a.k.a The Geek Whisperer

Are you server hugger or code perfectionist CTO?

Harsh and controversial but...CTOs who are server huggers and code perfectionists have no role in a fast growing scale up that needs…

1 min readMay 3, 2024

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Are you server hugger or code perfectionist CTO?

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Adelina Chalmers a.k.a The Geek Whisperer

Do you practise feedback 3.0?

“I can imagine how nerve wracking it must have been to give me constructive feedback, and I genuinely appreciate you using your energy and…

1 min readMay 1, 2024

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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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