Field CTO is a job role that comes up more and more in software companies. There is no standard definition for this job role. As I regularly get the question about what a Field CTO does, this blog post summarizes a few general characteristics and then explores my daily life as a Field CTO. The post concludes with the answer to how you can also become a Field CTO at a software company in your career.
General Characteristics of a Field CTO
Search through business and employment-focused social media platforms like LinkedIn or jobs networks and portals like Indeed or Glassdoor. You will see many of the following characteristics, experiences, and tasks of most people that own a position as Field CTO: