POV: You finally made CTO… now here’s what you really needed to hear earlier... #cto #techleadership

In this talk, the speaker reflects on the importance of listening and understanding different perspectives rather than always being eager to speak. They emphasize that hiring decisions should be made cautiously and suggest that trusting one's intuition is vital in career choices. The speaker shares personal experiences of transitioning between roles in both startups and larger companies, expressing a desire to have remained in an individual contributor position longer. They highlight the inevitability of failure in one's career journey and encourage a mindset of learning from mistakes while enjoying the process of life and work.

Dive straight into everything. Listen better. Yeah, I [music] think when I was younger I was just so eager to speak. There is a massive superpower in being quiet and understanding other people's perspectives. It's something I think I've got better at, but I did it did not come naturally to me. If in doubt, don't hire. >> [music] >> Not putting such high expectations on myself, and kind of

following the joy. Trust your inner knowing. That's the number one thing. I love the role that I'm doing, and I've and I dropped [music] out of engineering before, and I've been I've been in other roles before, both in startups and bigger businesses. I actually wish that I stayed [music] as an IC for longer. You're definitely going to fail, so get used to it. To break things and

learn as you go, and document the learnings. Have fun. Enjoy life. It's for living.