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#241: CTO

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Chris talks with Alex about his role as CTO at CodePen and what he sees as his job, how to learn from mistakes, and ways to level up as a developer.

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  • 03:48 Why the need for a CTO?
  • 11:58 Sponsor: Stackbit
  • 12:37 Building developer happiness
  • 15:19 Why don’t we just build a feature and slap it out there?
  • 18:43 Learning from mistakes and issues
  • 30:26 How to level up as a developer

Sponsor: Stackbit

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