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Discussion on: Can you manage a dev team and still be hands on?

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Daniel Miller

"The 4 stages of a CTO: 1. I wrote the whole thing / 2. I still code 50% / 3. I wish I had time to code / 4. My team doesn't let me code anymore"

-- Simon Stemplinger

This has been pretty much my experience as my team grew from me + 1 to me + 16. I do some pairing and reviewing, mostly on the older parts of the codebase, but don't get to do much new stuff. I'm just too booked with other kinds of work. It's that whole maker vs manager schedule thing.

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Rob Kendal {{☕}}

Yeah that's been my experience thus far; too many different priorities pulling in too many directions. And for me, being a CTO or dev manager (I know they're two different beasts) involves a lot of strategy, planning/big-picture stuff and removing blocks from the development team.

Love that quote though :D