This episode is with Stephen Morris. Steve is a fractional CTO with a passion for software development and cyber security. He directs IT strategies, advises on product and technology and helps other CTOs to go to market too. Things we discussed:
- Companies not needing or being able to afford a full time CTO
- Helping aspiring CTOs
- Interim and fractional being a career progression from a full time engagement
- How he got bored when doing only one job, and the challenges were the same year on year
- The need for companies to have a CTO
- Bailey & Associates - a company that helps CIOs and CTOs to thrive: https://bailey.associates/
- The difference between a CTO, CIO and CDO
- A longer discussion around C-level naming, and how they connect
- How portfolio careers get more popular in Europe
- A choice of commitment
- Shared responsibility
- How to price oneself: fixed pricing, ongoing commitment, time based, equity only
- How to find work: networking, platforms and recommendations
- Trust between contractor and business
- The Portfolio Collective: https://portfolio-collective.com/
- The trusted advisor book
- How Covid and working from home made it easier to take on work
- The gig economy for C-Level
- Shared learning and cross fertilisation
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-morris-cto/
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