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CTO is first an foremost a manager. So switching to management is the way.

Other than starting a company which you can do at any time, staying the path is the sure shot way of going about it. This usually looks like:

SE3 → EM → Director → VP → SVP → CTO

Post SE3 role, you can switch to a smaller organisation to quickly "rank up"

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How to become CTO from Software Engineer - III

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Currently a tech lead (2yr Experience) at an Early Stage Startup. How can I grow my skills to become the CTO? What are the direct and indirect role, responsibility and skillset of a CTO?

How to become a CTO?

I am probably earning 2x of what an average T-1 MBA grad makes in India. I'm just not happy in my role and this SDE grind caught me lackin'.

Can you help me determine whether it is still a good bet to get an MBA? Because these normie MBA folks are literally the dumbest people I have seen and I think I can do a better job than them.

Earning 2x of a Tier-1 MBA grad already. Should I still do an MBA?

I joined an MBA program while I was making close to the average salary of post MBA grads. 
  
 Few things to remember: 
  
 1. Opportunity cost of a 2 year MBA is humongous. The PGP at IIMs will cost you a crore+. Imagine trying to get an ROI on it. 
  
 2. PGP at IIMs are filled with freshers and low work experience folks which naturally means there are very few senior roles on offer. So you may not find the right level after MBA. 
  
 3. It's best to restrict yourself to 1 year programs like ISB's PGP and IIM's PGPX. 
  
 4. Be really sure of what you want from the MBA. You can easily switch to SDM or product roles without MBA. Recommend giving that a shot if you are just tired of SDE

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What is the Tech Team Hierarchy Structure in your organisation? From SDE-1 to CTO? Curious about the structure of Unicorns (CRED, Zomato, Swiggy, Urban Company, Viacom18).

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- Have experience of almost 8.5 years. 
- Been working as an SDET
- Wish to switch to a domain other than QA
- knows the following programming languages: java python shell scripting
- good with DS concepts 

Please advise.
Feeling lost. What should I focus on? Thank you.

SDET to Dev (preferably)

Software Developer

Looking for a technical cofounder for an Edtech startup . Working on building an AI based tool . Looking for someone with at-least 4-6yrs of experience as software developer , knowledge and interests in AI/ML models  and most importantly , a passion for Edtech Business 
Please ping me at 8884201239

Co-founder CTO search

Folks,
I am currently working as a Distinguished Engineer at a Series B funded startup in Bangalore. Can't disclose the company name. I am responsible for complete architecture, design, implementation, quality standards and processes of multiple products. Due to intolerable cultural issues, I need to switch soon. Any leads towards MNCs/Startups hiring for Distinguished Engineer, Senior Distinguished Engineer, CTO, VP of Engg, Principal Engineer, or Senior Principal Engineer will be helpfull. If the interview process involves more of architecture and design discussions rather than leetcode hard, that is excellent.
I am not focussed on hike and looking around my current compensation of 150LPA base.  YoE 25. I am fine with any domain. Tech stack: Golang, C++, Python and all latest large scale distributed systems technologies.

Looking for very senior IC role

Principal Engineer

🚀 Exciting News! I'm on the lookout for a new opportunity as a CTO. With over a decade of experience in tech entrepreneurship, leading projects, and developing innovative solutions, I'm eager to bring my expertise to a forward-thinking company. If you have any leads or references, I'd greatly appreciate your support. Let's connect and explore new possibilities! 🌟 #TechLeader #CTO #CareerOpportunity #Networking

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I have just joined a new organization where I've joined their Platform Engineering- Developer Experience team. Here my team handles CI/CD, Platform management of the core engineering team interacting with the resources like database, queue etc because they can't contact the resources directly. So there is code involvement as well which I love.

The pay is good here as well. But in my past experiences I've worked mostly on core engineering. I have 5 years of experience. 

Should I look for change or Platform engineering is good and challenging as well? And would It pay more in future in monetary terms as well?

Should I switch the roles from Platform Engineering - Developer Experience

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I am a c++ software architect , just want to know what correlated technologies where I should work upon to grow in Indian IT industry

Hi fellas recently I have joined a company and i have been working with 18.5 lpa with 2.10 year of experience so wanted to know what I should pursue learning next to reach senior applications Engineer as currently im an applications Engineer

Tech stack - java backend 
Qualifications - M.Tech software engineering
I want to just reach 28 lpa by September next year with role of sde2 equivalent as i would be having 4 year of experiencel

career advice

4Years of experience in Tech. Graduated from a Tier - II college and joined a started. Worked there for 2years and currently working in a Fintech startup in Bangalore for last 2years! 
Current Ctc: 27(fixed) + 1(bonus)

Software Engineer - 4YOE - CTC Check

After 15 or 18 years of experience, what do folks do, are there many levels above principal engineer? Do they become CTO ? Financially independent so retire ?

Question for software folks

Any CTOs here ? I have just joined a small startup , need some gyan to survive .

Engineering Manager

CCTV : 4.7LPA
LWD: 22/10/2024

Offers:
1. CTS, Home Location, 14LPA ( 13.55 Fixed, 45k variable), JB: 50K
2. A mid sized start-up ( 51 - 200 employees) : Bangalore, 16LPA (15 Fixed, 1 Variable), Relocation Bonus 50k
3. Big4: Base Location Bangalore, Work from Home location for next 3 months, 18LPA (14.5 Fixed, 3 Variable, rest gratuity, perks), JB 1Lakh, spread over 6 months, 12 months lockin period.

Shall I try for more or negotiate more with CTS and Big4, since my expectation from Big4 was 17LPA Fixed.

Please advise whish one should I choose based on WLB, Growth, and career prospects.

Thanks in advance.

CTC advice needed

Am curious to know about CTO salaries. I see some folks leaving jobs in the US and joining some funded startups here in blore / India ? 
Do Esops occupy a major chunk of their TC ?

How much do these CTOs get paid ??

Total YoE: 6.5
Current role- Technical lead
B.tech

Good leadership qualities. 
Aspiration: to be an engineering manager, Not sure about Architect.
Career Background: full stack developer all my career, also Scrum Master role for 1.5 years(got excellent feedback).
Tried running my own startup on weekends but failed.
Current working as TL.

How do I take my career forward to be an eng. Manager in future?

Will MBA help? Or any other route?

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