CTBook: Managing a tech team

Foreword

Introduction

1. Feedback

Preface

Developer Jargon

1. Programming
2. Programming Languages
3. Algorithms
4. Frameworks
5. Programs, Applications, and Web Pages
6. Databases
7. Bugs and Errors

The Stages of Application Development

1. Introduction
2. Discussing and Visualizing Your Idea
3. Choosing a Developer or a Team
4. Legal Considerations
5. Working with Agile Approaches
6. Speed or Polish?
7. It’s Testing Time
8. Your First Users
9. Keep Adding Value for Users

Your Own Technical Team

1. Introduction
2. I Have a Limited Budget
3. I Have Enough Resources to Build a Broader Team
4. The CTO

Common Challenges for Entrepreneurs

1. Introduction
2. My Developer Is Leaving
3. My Developer Wants to Rewrite All the Code
4. I Hired a Developer, but They Spend the First Few Days Reading Code
5. My Developer Uses Too Much Technical Jargon
6. My Developer Estimates a Date but Finishes Much Later
7. I Hired an Agency, but the Product Has Many Errors
8. I Paid for Development but Did Not Receive the Source Code or Access
9. My Application Has No Documentation
10. My Frontend or Mobile Developer Says We Need an API
11. My Backend Developer Needs an API: I Thought Only Frontend Developers Used Them
12. My Application or Server Is Down
13. My Developer Works on Freelance Projects Outside Working Hours

Common Challenges for Developers

1. Introduction
2. I Am Given Unrealistically Short Development Deadlines
3. People Recommend Technologies Because Another Company Uses Them
4. I Always Use the Same Technologies and Never Learn Anything New
5. I Was Offered Equity Instead of a Higher Salary. Is That a Good Option?
6. “I’m Not a Programmer, but That Looks Easy”
7. “Why Are You Adding More Bugs? We Need More Features”
8. “We Need Machine Learning, Blockchain… or Whatever Is Trending”

Technical Debt

1. Introduction
2. How Does Technical Debt Develop?
3. How Can We Reduce Technical Debt?

Remote Work

1. Introduction
2. Advantages and Challenges
3. How Do I Coordinate a Team I Cannot See?
4. Can We Combine Office Work with Flexibility?
5. Recommended Tools

Feature Development: “It’s Not That Complicated”

1. Introduction
2. Example 1: Signing Up and Signing In with Email or Facebook
3. Example 2: Booking a Table on a Restaurant’s Website
4. The Work Behind a Simple Feature

CTOs: Age and Experience in Startups

1. Introduction