What should a 25 year old do to get hired as a CTO in 10-15 years?
What can young talent do to become technically strong and capable enough to be a CTO of large/mid size company in next 10-15 years?
1. Be really good at Powerpoint
2. Be really good at explaining technology to non-technical people
3. Conversely be really good at understanding the business domain you work in
4a. Spend 15 years either at a big four consultancy
4b. Spend 15 years at the company you intend to be CTO at and be good at corporate politics
5. Have a super technical wingman who is loyal (and doesn’t want the CTO job)
- you obviously need to move to management.
- usually requires(do most of the managers have mbas?) an mba at a larger company.
- could transition into project management then into resource management
- be really good at what you do and out work everyone hours wise.
- make sure your contributions are noticed up the chain.