Does a CTO Need to Code?

In this episode, I give the uncomfortable answer: yes, but not as a full-time individual contributor. A CTO needs enough hands-on technical fluency to build, ship, inspect, and challenge real technology without becoming the engineering team's bottleneck.

You will learn:

• Why reading about technology is not the same as building it
• The difference between technical fluency and stealing work from your team
• The practical minimum bar for a CTO
• Why AI makes engineering judgment more important, not less
• How to spot architecture theater before it becomes an expensive decision

Code Meets Business is where I explain technology, product, and business without the jargon wall or corporate theater.