What’s it like being technical at the executive level of a company? Do you actually get to do shit? What makes one qualified to lead at that level in the technical space?
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Based on my experience, an executive at the technical level is responsible for identifying the right technologies and solutions that will bring to fruition the company’s vision.
You don’t code much but you guide and set the strategy to get to the end goal as quickly and efficiently as possible and with the least possible technical debt.
My 2 cents.
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Thnx for sharing!
A lot of arguments. Everything you can do as a technical person have to be approved by the IT lackeys who have kept the infrastructure running.
I was an estimator for a small contracting outfit. I was told, "You can't use Open Office because it's not approved." I fired myself. I had built a way to extract data from doing take offs with a digital plotter. The owner is the one who told me his IT guy didn't like my use of open source software. Months of work destroyed. I told him that I didn't need the job so bad that I had to use rudimentary tools.
So be it.