Think Like a CTO (Paperback)

An effective Chief Technology Officer shapes almost every aspect of a modern business. This book shares the experience and advice of veteran CTOs and industry experts for handling IT crises, leading tech teams, and creating an inspiring vision for your company.

In Think Like a CTO you will learn:

• Effective interaction and relationship-building with other C-level executives
• Creating long term visions and executing on short term goals
• Interviewing, hiring, and terminating team members
• Negotiating salaries and managing promotions
• Architecting future-proofed systems
• Handling security breaches and ransomware attacks
• Putting together budgets and working with your CFO
• Identifying and managing outsourced vendor opportunities
• Managing and communicating bad news by leading with data, not passion
• Being the kind of leader that employees want to follow and emulate

Becoming a CTO is an incredible accomplishment. It's also one of the hardest transitions a technologist can make. This high-power and high-pressure role demands skills that are rarely developed as a software engineer. Think Like a CTO shines a light on all the areas an aspiring CTO needs to master to succeed. You'll learn how to build incredible working relationships with the rest of the C-suite, transform a company with private equity, and recruit and manage your development team. With this book as your guide, you'll quickly become a trusted leader figure with an inspiring vision for your company.

Foreword by Ankit Mathur.

Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications.

About the technology
The Chief Technology Officer balances business needs with the constantly evolving world of technology. Think Like a CTO helps you develop the skills and mindset you need to take on this critical role and emerge as a successful leader. Packed with insights from industry experts and veteran CTOs, this book shares practical strategies for navigating the high-stakes world of technology leadership.

About the book
Think Like a CTO shares hard-won lessons on how to thrive in the fast-paced role of Chief Technology Officer. Inside, you'll learn to establish successful technology platforms and teams, with practical frameworks for software selection and implementation, bias-free interviews and performance reviews, and earning your place at the table with other senior leaders. You'll appreciate the no-nonsense advice, insights, and war stories from CTO mentor Alan Williamson.

What's inside

• Building productive relationships with other C-level executives
• Negotiating salaries and managing promotions
• Architecting future-proof systems
• Handling security breaches and ransomware attacks

About the reader
For technology leaders working in or aspiring towards a CTO role.

About the author
Alan Williamson has advised numerous CTOs who were catapulted into the big leagues by private equity investment, acquisition, and rapid growth.

Table of Contents
1 The Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
2 Managing up
3 Visionary planning
4 Building a team
5 Interviewing, choosing, and onboarding
6 Team management
7 Annual reviews
8 Technology decisions
9 Development
10 Contract management
11 Documentation
12 Security
13 Housekeeping
14 Company growth
15 You, Inc.

一位有效的首席技術官（Chief Technology Officer，CTO）幾乎影響現代企業的方方面面。這本書分享了資深CTO和行業專家在處理IT危機、領導技術團隊和為公司創造激勵人心的願景方面的經驗和建議。

在《像CTO一樣思考》中，您將學到：
- 與其他高層主管進行有效互動和建立關係
- 建立長期願景並實現短期目標
- 面試、招聘和解雇團隊成員
- 談判薪資和管理晉升
- 設計未來可靠的系統
- 處理安全漏洞和勒索軟體攻擊
- 編制預算並與首席財務官合作
- 辨識和管理外包供應商機會
- 通過數據而非情感來管理和傳達壞消息
- 成為員工願意追隨和效仿的領導者

成為CTO是一個了不起的成就，也是技術人員可能面臨的最困難的轉型之一。這個高壓高能力的角色需要很少有軟體工程師所具備的技能。《像CTO一樣思考》為有志成為CTO的人照亮了所有需要掌握的領域。您將學會如何與其他高層主管建立出色的工作關係，如何通過私募股權改變公司，以及如何招募和管理開發團隊。有了這本書作為指南，您將迅速成為一位值得信賴的領導者，為公司帶來激勵人心的願景。

前言作者：Ankit Mathur。

購買印刷版書籍將包含Manning Publications提供的PDF、Kindle和ePub格式的免費電子書。

關於技術：
首席技術官在商業需求與不斷演進的技術世界之間取得平衡。《像CTO一樣思考》幫助您發展所需的技能和思維方式，擔任這一關鍵角色並成為成功的領導者。這本書充滿了行業專家和資深CTO的見解，分享了在高風險技術領導世界中航行的實用策略。

關於本書：
《像CTO一樣思考》分享了在首席技術官這個快節奏角色中如何取得成功的寶貴經驗。在這本書中，您將學會建立成功的技術平台和團隊，並獲得軟體選擇和實施、無偏見的面試和績效評估、以及在其他高級領導者中贏得一席之地的實用框架。您將欣賞到CTO導師Alan Williamson提供的直截了當的建議、見解和實戰故事。

內容簡介：
- 與其他高層主管建立有成效的關係
- 談判薪資和管理晉升
- 設計未來可靠的系統
- 處理安全漏洞和勒索軟體攻擊

讀者對象：
對CTO角色工作或有志成為CTO的技術領導者。

關於作者：
Alan Williamson曾為許多因私募股權投資、收購和快速增長而跳入大聯盟的CTO提供過建議。

目錄：
1. 首席技術官（CTO）
2. 向上管理
3. 願景規劃
4. 建立團隊
5. 面試、選擇和入職
6. 團隊管理
7. 年度評估
8. 技術決策
9. 開發
10. 合約管理
11. 文件
12. 安全
13. 公司成長
14. 您自己

以上為《像CTO一樣思考》的翻譯。

Alan Williamson is a Chief Technology Officer and partner of MacLaurin Group, a provider of operating partner services in technical and data analytics for private equity and investment companies. Alan supports portfolio company operations, having provided interim-CTO duties for Chicago Growth Partners and ParkerGale Capital. Alan served as full-time CTO at Royall & Company where he was responsible for the architecture, development and maintenance of all systems to support the needs and requirements of clients. With a deep background in high-volume server processing, Alan was the first UK Java Champion, a program by Oracle/Sun to recognize the Top 100 people who have contributed the most to Java.

Alan Williamson 是 MacLaurin Group 的首席技術官和合夥人，該公司為私募股權和投資公司提供技術和數據分析的運營合作夥伴服務。Alan 支持投資組合公司的運營，曾擔任芝加哥成長合夥人和ParkerGale Capital的臨時首席技術官。Alan 曾在 Royall & Company 擔任全職首席技術官，負責架構、開發和維護所有系統，以滿足客戶的需求和要求。Alan 在高容量伺服器處理方面具有豐富的背景，他是英國第一位 Java Champion，這是 Oracle/Sun 推出的一個計劃，旨在表彰對 Java 做出最大貢獻的前100位人士。