How to be successful as a newly appointed CTO in a small company?

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I applied for a CTO job in a small company (30 people in total) and got the job. The interviews were with CEO and a round with members of the board (not much technical but mostly they were checking me as a person I believe) and a round of lunch with some of the software engineers.I worked as Principal Software Engineer or IC5 beforehand in the big tech and my job was mostly a combination of being in constant communication to our VP and other senior engineers/managers for directions and doing architecture, design, coaching, and so on for the few teams in the org.I was wondering if anyone here has any recommendations on what to read to better get prepared for the role. I know that I would be doing more human management as part of the job, probably some more workforce budgeting, and strategy settings; but I would be grateful if anyone here has similar experience and want to share some.

daviddever23box · Accepted Answer

Get a feel for the pain points that cost you B2B revenue or reputation; some of this may be tech stack, but more often then not, it&rsquo;s process / human resource utilization.Avoid day-to-day individual contribution at all costs; if you&rsquo;re doing things right, your schedule should permit you to work on your own pet software projects without getting stuck within the agile machine.