S8 E4: Andy Skipper, CTO Craft

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders

Noah Labhart - Startup Founder & CTO

Tech News, News, Business, Technology, Entrepreneurship, Careers

4.6 • 216 Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2023

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Andy Skipper currently resides in Belfast, Ireland, though he is from London originally. He's been knee deep in tech since he was 12 years old, as a hobby programmer. He left college early to start his first software development agency, prior to joining the startup world during the .com era. He loves tech, but loves people as well - which lead him into his current venture. Outside of tech, he is a bedroom guitarist, an amateur photographer, and a Dad - which means he plays a log of Minecraft and Roblox. In the past, Andy was a consulting CTO, going into companies to coach leaders or temporarily fill in for leaders who had left. What he realized was that these leaders would be doing just fine, if they had mentorship and/or coaching available from seasoned veterans. So Andy branched off - and started doing just that. This is the creation story of CTO Craft. Our Sponsors: * Check out Kinsta: https://kinsta.com * Check out Red Hat: https://www.redhat.com * Check out Vanta: https://vanta.com/CODESTORY Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	So I was coming into companies and helping them reorganize or coming in to replace a CTO left temporarily.
0:09.1	Basically, what I found was that a lot of the major issues that these companies were having and their teams were having were because their CTO didn't have the right support that they needed.
0:20.2	So a lot of them would have been first time
0:22.6	leaders. They wouldn't have had any formal training. I kind of found a niche for helping
0:29.3	CTOs who are burning out, because I burnt out in my first CTO role, obviously quite a traumatic
0:35.5	experience. So I had a bit of personal experience to bring to that.
0:39.5	I'm Andy Skipper. I'm the founder and chief coach at CTO crime.
0:46.7	This is Code Story. A podcast bringing you interviews with tech visionaries.
0:52.4	It's six months moonlighting.
0:53.7	There's nothing at the backcats.
0:55.8	Who share what it takes to change in industry.
0:58.3	I don't exactly know what to do next.
1:00.2	It took many goes to get right.
1:02.0	Who built the teams that have their back.
1:04.5	The company is its people.
1:06.2	The teams help each other achieve.
1:07.5	Most proud of our team.
1:09.0	Keeping scalability top of mind.
1:11.7	All that infrastructure was a pain.
1:12.9	Yes, we've been fighting it as a group.
1:14.6	Total waste of time.
1:15.9	The stories you don't read in the headlines.
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