Common CTO Problems We Solve

Expert solutions for 105 technology leadership challenges

Critical Issues (40)

Can't Hire Senior Developers

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No Technical Leadership

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Technical Debt Out of Control

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Codebase Unmaintainable

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Need to Scale Fast

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Database Can't Handle Load

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Downtime During Peak Traffic

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Can't Handle User Growth

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Security Compliance Required

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Need SOC 2 Certification

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GDPR Compliance Urgent

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Data Breach Risk High

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No Security Audit Done

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HIPAA Compliance Needed

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Penetration Test Failed

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Authentication System Weak

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Data Encryption Missing

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API Security Holes

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No Incident Response Plan

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Access Controls Inadequate

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Security Patches Behind

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No Security Monitoring

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PCI DSS Compliance Required

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Architecture Decisions Paralyzed

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No Technical Architecture

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CTO Just Quit

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Major Outage Happening Now

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Investor Demo Tomorrow

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Launch Deadline Next Week

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Entire Team Threatening to Quit

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Product Completely Broken

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Security Breach Just Discovered

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Due Diligence in 2 Weeks

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Customers Threatening to Leave

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Compliance Audit Failed

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Production Database Corrupted

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AWS Bill Skyrocketed

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Technical Founder Left

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Competitor Launching First

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Need Technical Co-Founder Now

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High Priority (34)

Developers Keep Leaving

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Can't Afford Senior Salaries

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Team Lacking Technical Direction

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Developers Burnt Out

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Can't Hire DevOps Engineers

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Team Missing Critical Skills

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Team Productivity Declining

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Can't Scale Engineering Team

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No Testing Strategy

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Legacy Code Blocking Features

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Monolith Too Big to Change

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Dependencies Severely Outdated

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Code Quality Declining Fast

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Technical Debt Slowing Development

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Inherited Messy Codebase

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Application Performance Degrading

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Infrastructure Costs Exploding

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Load Balancing Issues

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Database Sharding Required

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Auto-Scaling Not Working

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Queue System Overwhelmed

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Features Taking Too Long

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Product Roadmap Unclear

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Tech and Product Misaligned

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Can't Ship Fast Enough

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Too Many Bugs in Production

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QA Process Broken

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Technical Decisions Block Features

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MVP Taking Forever

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Choose Wrong Tech Stack

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Microservices vs Monolith Decision

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Cloud Platform Selection

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Database Technology Choice

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Data Migration Strategy Required

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