The 5-Minute Startup CTO #42
Test platform, Empowered engineers, Motivation
Here are your 3 picks for this week:
⌨️ If it ain’t code, don’t fix it
First, a free test automation app to manage your end-to-end testing, with support for Selenium and Appium and more to come. It’s called testproject.io, and looks worth a try.
🔄 Process makes perfect
Marty Cagan explains how, to make your Product team successful, you need to start with empowering engineers.
Empowered engineers (hence missionaries, not mercenaries) are the best single source of innovation. To use Jeff Bezos’ language, they have the mentality of builders. Would you describe your team in those terms? If not, how can you address that?
When a company is so-called “engineering-driven” it is usually very straightforward to transform the company into a world-class product company. That’s because they have already addressed the most important part.
👭 It’s all about People
Being a CTO or Tech Lead is demanding, especially in the current times - so what to do when you’re feeling a bit down? 5 good tips here for this kind of day. Also, a simple daily ritual.
I hope you found this useful, have a great week and stay safe!
Fabrice
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Hand-picked by Fabrice, a UK-based consulting CTO. Let me know if you need help with your startup!