Nobody tells you this when you take the CTO role: You're not just responsible for the tech. You're responsible for five jobs at once—each with its own…

You’re growing fast.The backlog’s overflowing.You need help making sense of it all. So you hire a product manager.

In most startups, the first developer becomes the de facto CTO. One day, you’re writing code. The next, you’re in investor meetings, managing people,…

You’re standing in the middle of the war room. The whiteboard’s packed with diagrams. JIRA’s lit up like a Christmas tree. Slack’s pinging nonstop with…

There’s a moment in this conversation with Anton Zaides I keep thinking about. He’s telling me about flying drones.

Early in my career, I thought if a team hit their deadlines, showed up to standups, and shipped on time, everything was good.

When I saw Cory House speak at my first tech conference, I immediately thought, "I could never do that." He seemed so natural on stage, sharing deep…

It used to be that being an engineering leader meant being the team’s unblocker. Your calendar was a war zone of standups, backlog grooming, roadmap…

How do you get multiple stakeholders to agree on anything in a business? It's one of the most challenging problems technical leaders face today. When…

A few years ago, I was running a fast-growing SaaS company when my CEO dropped a bombshell on me: “Matt, I need you to stop shipping new features.”

There's a painful truth that most tech founders don't want to hear: sometimes a product that's "working" still needs to die.

There's a painful truth that most tech founders don't want to hear: sometimes a product that's "working" still needs to die.

Some people love daily standup meetings. Others hate them with a passion. I love them. And if you don't, it might be because you're managing them wrong —…

Some people love daily standup meetings. Others hate them with a passion. I love them. And if you don't, it might be because you're managing them wrong —…

The late-night text message lit up my phone: "I just can't do this sales thing. I'm an engineer, not a salesperson."

The late-night text message lit up my phone: "I just can't do this sales thing. I'm an engineer, not a salesperson."

When I'm hiring developers at Full Scale or building teams for my own ventures, I always face the same question: what kind of people truly build…

When I'm hiring developers at Full Scale or building teams for my own ventures, I always face the same question: what kind of people truly build…

Have you ever tried to teach a fish to see water? That's what it feels like trying to explain the business side of technology to someone who's spent their…

Have you ever tried to teach a fish to see water? That's what it feels like trying to explain the business side of technology to someone who's spent their…