Awesome CTO
A curated and opinionated list of resources for Chief Technology Officers, with the emphasis on startups
This page lists names, links and short descriptions. The original list on GitHub is the source and belongs to its authors.
General
CTO Position
The Different CTO Roles
Werner Vogels (Amazon CTO)
VP Engineering vs CTO
Fred Wilson (Union Square Ventures)
In 2 lists
#define CTO
Greg Brockman (Stripe CTO)
Your first 90 days as CTO or VP Engineering
Will Larson
Evolution of my role as a founder CTO
, Year 4 Update, Year 5 Update - Miguel Carranza
Hiring
The Guerrilla Guide to Interviewing
Joel Spolsky (StackOverflow co-founder)
The Joel Test: 12 Steps to Better Code
Joel Spolsky
Why Can't Programmers.. Program?
Jeff Atwood (StackOverflow co-founder)
We Hire the Best, Just Like Everyone Else
Jeff Atwood
Getting the Interview Phone Screen Right
Jeff Atwood
Improving Our Engineering Interview Process
(Foursquare)
Hitting the High Notes
Joel Spolsky
Top 10 System Design Interview Questions
(HackerNoon)
In 2 lists
How To Hire World-Class Engineers
(angel.co)
The Real 11 Reasons I Don't Hire You
Charity Majors
In 2 lists
People Management
The mythical 10x programmer
Salvatore Sanfilippo (author of Redis)
The Engineer/Manager Pendulum
Charity Majors
Maker's Schedule, Manager's Schedule
Paul Graham (Y Combinator)
In 3 lists
44 Engineering Management Lessons
(correct link to non-violent communication for lesson 34)
Awesome Leading and Managing
(Github)
In 4 lists
A Review Process
Cap Watkins
Should I Become a Manager?
Cap Watkins
Engineering Management
(Github)
In 2 lists
Performance reviews are coming up
Gergely Orosz
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Individuals matter
Dan Luu
In 2 lists
Mandate Levels
John Cutler
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Mochary Method Curriculum
Matt Mochary
In 2 lists
Meetings for an effective eng organization
Will Larson
Cycle times
Andrew Bosworth
Career growth
Software Engineering Ladders
(GitHub)
Awesome Engineering Ladders
(GitHub)
In 2 lists
Reverse Interview Questions
(GitHub)
In 4 lists
Project management
Evidence Based Scheduling
Joel Spolsky (StackOverflow co-founder)
In 2 lists
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Measuring an engineering organization
Will Larson
Handbooks
Development process
In 3 lists
A successful Git branching model
the most well-known Git workflow model
In 2 lists
List of Post-mortems
(GitHub)
In 3 lists
Startup Lessons Learned - Five Whys
Eric Ries (creator of the Lean Startup)
Architecture
Twelve-Factor App
The twelve-factor app is a methodology for building software-as-a-service apps.
In 5 listsDetails
An introduction to distributed systems
Kyle Kingsbury (aphyr, author of Jepsen)
In 2 lists
Microservices – Please, don’t
(also: HackerNews discussion)
In 2 lists
GitHub CTO – Biggest architectural mistake was going full microservice
(also: HackerNews discussion)
Serverless architecture
(Quora)
Serverless framework
Toolkit for deploying and operating serverless architectures.
In 4 lists
Awesome Scalability
(GitHub)
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Build Your Own X
(GitHub)
In 5 listsDetails
Technologies
Developer Roadmaps
(GitHub)
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Coding Interview University
(GitHub)
In 7 listsDetails
JS: The Right Way
An easy-to-read, quick reference for JS best practices, accepted coding standards, and links around the Web.
In 3 lists
What is CAP Theorem?
(Quora)
Awesome Security
(GitHub)
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Open Guide to Search Engineering
(GitHub)
In 5 listsDetails
Amazon AWS in Plain English
Entertaining and educational, a community contribution.
In 2 lists
Awesome Billing
(GitHub)
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Awesome PriceOps
(GitHub)
Data
NoSQL Databases: a Survey and Decision Guidance
"This NoSQL Toolbox allows us to derive a simple decision tree to help practitioners and researchers filter potential system candidates based on central application requirements".
In 3 lists
Evolutionary Database Design
(Martin Fowler)
Building a data team at a mid-stage startup: a short story
Story of a manager trying to distill the concepts of a data-driven company while growing a tiny team of 3 people. Each step covers the evolution of the technical pipeline and interactions with existing stakeholders.
In 2 lists
Awesome Machine Learning
(GitHub)
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Deep Learning For Coders
Practical Deep Learning for Coders 2022 is a free course offering hands-on experience in building, training, and deploying deep learning models across various domains using tools like PyTorch and fastai, suitable for those with coding knowledge and without the need for advanced math.
In 8 listsDetails
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Weapons of Math Destruction
a practical critique of how algorithmic transparency is dealt with in our society. It explains how blind faith in data analysis is dangerous and how unfairness is reproduced through algorithms, that without transparency become a tool to reinforce the status quo.
In 2 lists
Startups
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YC’s Series A Diligence Checklist
Y Combinator
In 2 lists
Startup Playbook
Sam Altman
In 2 lists
Y Combinator Startup Class
Sam Altman
In 2 lists
Lean Canvas
+ Miro template
In 2 lists
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Due Diligence
Money / Finance
In 2 lists
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Options vs Cash
Dan Luu
In 2 lists
How To Invest In Startups
Sam Altman
In 2 lists
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Related stuff
Ten Rules for Negotiating a Job Offer
(also: HackerNews discussion)
In 2 lists
Salary Negotiation: Make More Money, Be More Valued
“Your salary negotiation — which routinely takes less than 5 minutes to conclude — has an outsized influence on what your compensation is.”
In 2 lists
Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Names
The article that started it all.
In 2 lists
The Pyramid Principle
The gold standard for executive communication.
In 2 lists
Product
In 2 lists
Most Startups Should Be Deer Hunters
Mark Suster
In 2 lists
Shape Up: Stop Running in Circles and Ship Work that Matters
By Ryan Singer.
In 2 lists
8 Product Hurdles Every Founder Must Clear
First Round Capital
In 2 lists
The Top 10 Deliverables of Product Managers
By Sachin Rekhi.
In 2 lists
Product Manager Career Ladders
Lenny Rachitsky
Awesome Product Management
(GitHub)
In 3 listsDetails
Awesome Product Manager
(GitHub)
In 2 lists
Marketing
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Books
More links
Awesome Falsehood
(GitHub)
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Engineering blogs
(GitHub)
In 4 listsDetails
Awesome Awesomeness
(GitHub)
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Awesome.re
(GitHub)
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Senior Software Engineer
Once you've reached the Senior Software Engineer level, you're at the crossroad. Either you pursue engineering management or continue down the path of technical excellence to become a Staff Engineer. This isa collection of guides about the later position.
In 2 lists
Awesome CTO Resources
(GitHub)
In 2 lists
Free Tools for Developers
一个专门为开发者收集整理免费在线工具资源的网站
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Awesome DeepSeek Harness (DSH) Plugin
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Awesome Guidelines
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Programming style, best practices, and coding conventions.
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Awesome
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Awesome Prompts
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Awesome README
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A curated list of awesome READMEs