Chief Technology Officer

also referred to as: cto · ctos

5 statements across 5 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Mar 30, 2025 by Ryan Singer · across every show →

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Mar 30, 2025 neutral
Insight
Singer: Tech leaders avoid publicly discussing product shipping struggles
“What I started to learn pretty early on is that people don't like to talk about their struggles shipping. Especially, you know, CPOs and CTOs don't like to go on a public forum and say, our company isn't shipping, or our engineering team is stuck, or our team …”
Ryan Singer Mar 30, 2025 ▶ 6:01 A better way to plan, build, and ship products | Ryan Singer (creator of “Shape Up")
Sep 7, 2025 positive
Insight
Ezinne Udezue: Tension between CPOs and CTOs drives innovation over combined roles
“There is a conflict between the CPO and the CTO that actually drives innovation in my opinion, because one person is trying to optimize the resourcing, the fixed, right? While another person is actually trying to field opportunities and figure out how to wait …”
Ezinne Udezue Sep 7, 2025 ▶ 24:04 How AI is reshaping the product role | Oji and Ezinne Udezue
Nov 23, 2025 neutral
Insight
Lockett: CEO optimism and CTO skepticism create inherent startup tension
“CTOs tend to be skeptics. They're, they love facts. They seek knowledge. They want depth of awareness and understanding, and they also like to be self-sufficient. This is a total generalization, but I've seen this pattern over and over again. The CEO is the pe…”
Rachel Lockett Nov 23, 2025 ▶ 1:02:50 A guide to difficult conversations, building high-trust teams, and designing a life you love
Jan 18, 2026 negative
Opinion
Arnovitz: Default ChatGPT makes the worst CTO due to sycophancy
“I think chat GPT would probably be. The worst CTO because it's such a people pleaser and it's so sycophantic”
Zevi Arnovitz Jan 18, 2026 ▶ 10:36 How a Meta PM ships products without ever writing code | Zevi Arnovitz
Feb 19, 2026 positive
Insight
Cherny: Give developers unlimited tokens initially; optimize costs only after scaling
“My advice generally is don't try to optimize. Don't try to cost cut at the beginning. Start by just giving engineers as many tokens as possible.”
Boris Cherny Feb 19, 2026 ▶ 26:06 Head of Claude Code: What happens after coding is solved | Boris Cherny
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