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Summary:
Should you hire a CTO or get a technical co-founder? How can you hire a great engineer? Why are estimations such a mess?
Today’s guest is Aman Agarwal, author of Tech Fluent CEO. Aman is exceptional at explaining tech to non-technical people. Aman shares the most common questions he gets from non-technical founders.
Episode Highlights/Topics:
- Aman’s Background: From electronics to business and back to engineering
- Current Role: Digital private equity company founder who uses tech to be more efficient
- Tech Fluent CEO: For not-so-tech-savvy founders who want to understand technology
- Software/SaaS Development: How to hire a right developer for your company
- Interpersonal Relationship — Non-expert CEO has to manage a tech expert and know:
- Are they telling you the truth?
- Are they explaining things to you?
- Are they doing the right things?
- Differentiator: When hiring an expert, do they have the heart of a teacher and patience?
- Estimations: Why something simple is more complicated and takes time to create
- Agile, Scrum, Waterfall: Dilemma to move fast or spend time, effort, money on blueprint
- Mitigate Problems: Follow frameworks when hiring and paying employer/employees
- Reasons for Changes: When to start from scratch or rebuild to increase understanding
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