During this lockdown period, like many others, I have taken the chance to take on something new. Something I never did before that could represent a nice challenge and at the same time help me in the future. But not necessary related to work today (or in a decade for that matter). Quantum computing has always been for me this… Read more →
We live in amazing times. Everywhere you look there is an ingredient for another industrial revolution that very soon will exponentially put the human race in the next level… or perhaps nowhere. First we had the steam engine changing how organised our society and how we saw the world. It took us many decades to understand and learn how to… Read more →
A few weeks ago I finished writing a README document on “how to work with me”. While this can sound a bit preposterous, I thought it could be a good summary for onboarding employees and tenured ones alike, in order to share what moves me, who I am (a little bit at least) and the things I value. This is… Read more →
Building a team is not an easy task. In fact it is a colossal task. Extreme Ownership practitioners say there are no bad teams, there’s only bad leaders. And while there can be a lot of argumentation in there, there is a bit of uncontested truth. A good leader who knows how to set up the right balance of pressure,… Read more →
I’ve been in the software industry some time now. I’ve hired a few hundred coders, software engineers or however you want to call them from different backgrounds and experiences. Also from different countries and regions. Unfortunately I also had to fire a handful of them, most in good terms, some in bad ones. For the latter, I always blame myself on bad… Read more →
Recently I stumbled across this post: Programmers should not call themselves engineers He claims that software engineers shouldn’t claim themselves as “engineers” at all, and that it undermines a long and stablished tradition and school. Apparently, we “software guys”, don’t like to call ourselves programmers, and we like the term of software engineers, or software developer. In a first read, you… Read more →
Welcome to The Pirate CTO, a site where I’ll summarize ideas, thoughts and CTO stuff that I find relevant Read more →