Topic

Leading engineering teams

Notes from the CTO seat, mostly on how small teams stay small.

12 posts

2026

  1. Five Years as a Tech Executive: What I Actually Learned
  2. Good practices that actually matter
  3. The non-linear path: MSc thesis to CTO

2025

  1. What scales without headcount
  2. Building a small team that punches above its weight
  3. Hiring for Startups: Takeaways from Brian Chesky

2024

  1. From Head of Engineering to CTO in 13 months
  2. The OKR system that got us to 97.6% completion
  3. What I found when I joined Wasteer's engineering team
  4. Technical due diligence from both sides of the table

2017

  1. One Year as a First-Time CTO: The Honest Retrospective

2016

  1. What They Call You When You Do Everything: On Startup Titles and What They Actually Mean