5 mistakes start-up CTOs should avoid when scaling the tech team

Coding Chats episode 70 - Aaron LeClair discusses the top five mistakes startup CTOs make, covering everything from misunderstanding development pipelines to failing to make the leadership identity transition. The conversation explores AI adoption parallels, team diversity, hiring pitfalls, the "move fast and break things" mantra, and why a CTO's first team should be the C-suite — not the engineering team.

Chapters
00:00 Scaling the Pipeline: Common Mistakes of CTOs
03:13 Understanding the Development Environment
05:59 The Importance of Team Diversity
09:03 Building Effective Teams
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