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		andsoitis 26 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Mamdani Hires Lisa Gelobter as Chief Tech Officer > You misunderstand the role of the CTO in most orgs. His job is to guide technical strategy based on where business is headed. A great CTO not only guides the technical strategy based on business direction BUT ALSO shapes the business strategy informed by technology direction.

reverius42 25 days ago [–]

And someone with experience in jobs like Director of Program Management should definitely be able to do that. "technology direction" is not the sole domain of people who write code.

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