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How I Got Promoted: Marques Stewart, VP of Technology at Achievement First

BetterCloud

So, 2006 or 2007. ” At that time, I said, “You know what, I think I really want to become a CIO or CTO.” When I decided I wanted to be a CIO or CTO , I was an associate director or what other companies might call a junior director. Or have you always wanted to manage and mentor people ?

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11 proven, DevOps best-practices for continuous improvement

Audacix

Help team members find mentors they can trust. Amazon's tech innovation czar (and CTO) put it best as early as 2006, when he said: You build it, you run it. Encourage & create multi-disciplinary teams to help build trust. Promote diversity of skills, experience, thoughts and styles within you DevOps teams.

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The Playbook to Hiring Your First VP of Sales and Not Screwing it Up…….with Cassidy Ventures Founder Brendon Cassidy (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

You’re probably going to maybe give them some shares in an advisor. People that can, not just from a numbers standpoint, but from a culture and mentoring standpoint. You may have been at Box in 2006 or LinkedIn in 2008. So he’s the CTO? They don’t have an agenda. I don’t give a s**t.

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PODCAST 119: Show Gratitude & Build Relationships With Small Gestures with Brendan Kamm

Sales Hacker

I was, I think, employee 19 at this company, so this is about 2006. Long story short, I was running a team of about 40 sales and client service people at my last job and the person who is now my co-founder, Larry Rubin , a former MNA attorney, he was more ready to be an investor, mentor, and guide. It’s a niche thing.

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GTM 137: The Biggest Business Turnaround You’ve Never Heard Of & The Growth Levers to Pull When Things Go Wrong

Sales Hacker

Cassie’s time in tech dates back to 2006, when she joined TheLadders.com as an early employee and managed marketing and analytics for the company’s subscription business. Like our CTO did it. I think you can have like the advisory, your advisors that are more like, these are going to help your company grow.

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