SKILL

cto-advisor

CTO decisions: tech debt, architecture direction, scaling the engineering team, technology evaluation, DORA metrics. Use whenever the user asks whether to rewrite, how to grow the eng team or which tech to bet on.

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  • CTO Advisor
  • Keywords
  • Quick Start
  • Core Responsibilities
  • 1. Technology Strategy
  • 2. Engineering Team Leadership
  • 3. Architecture Governance
  • 4. Vendor & Platform Management

Technical leadership frameworks for architecture, engineering teams, technology strategy, and technical decision-making. CTO, chief technology officer, tech debt, technical debt, architecture, engineering metrics, DORA, team scaling, technology evaluation, build vs buy, cloud migration, platform engineering, AI/ML strategy, system design, incident response, engineering culture Align technology investments with business priorities. Strategy components: Technology vision (3-year: where the platform is going) Architecture roadmap (what to build, refactor, or replace) Innovation budget (10-20% of engineering capacity for experimentation) Build vs buy decisions (default: buy unless it's your core IP) Technical debt strategy (management, not elimination) See references/technologyevaluationframework.md for the full evaluation framework. Scale the engineering org's productivity — not individual output. Scaling engineering: Hire for the next stage, not the current one Every 3x in team size requires a reorg Manager:IC ratio: 5-8 direct reports optimal Senior:junior ratio: at least 1:2 (invert and you'll drown in mentoring) Culture: Blameless post-mortems (incidents are system failures, not p

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