0.50 — How to CTO w. Ed Johnson




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Summary: <div class="sched-container sched-container-wide"> <div class="sched-container-inner sched-container-wide"> <div id="sched-page-me-profile"> <div>Our Boulder Startup Week episode streak continues.  Today, we’ve got Ed Johnson, CTO of Goally on the show.</div> <div></div> <div id="sched-page-me-profile-about"> <div class="sched-container sched-container-wide"> <div class="sched-container-inner sched-container-wide"> <div id="sched-page-me-profile"> <div id="sched-page-me-profile-about">Ed and his co-founders at Goally are on a mission to help parents build their children’s independence and self-confidence, while giving those parents a break from emotionally-draining and endless reminders. All while freeing kids from always feeling “bossed around”. They aim to meaningfully reduce anxiety and stress in millions of family homes, with an early focus on children with autism, ADHD and Down Syndrome. <p>Prior to working at Goally, Ed was a Director of Engineering at Qualcomm where he created and led a global team working on 4G LTE.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="sched-page-me-schedule" class="sched-page-me-schedule-with-surveys"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div></div> <div>——————————————————————————————————-</div> <div></div> <div>This week’s episode is sponsored by<span> </span><a href="http:/gitprime.com">GitPrime</a>.</div> <div></div> <div class="sched-container sched-container-wide"> <div> <div> <span class="m_3342368056768429414gmail-author-d-16z86ztz122z98z81zz82zz85zunv3z82zpqfnl5z69zz80zst5z78zz84z2hgz88zwoz74zz68zb2lgz74zz88zz87zz84zihds"><b>Subjective measures like story points and tickets only tell part of the story of software development.<span> </span></b></span><span class="m_3342368056768429414gmail-author-d-16z86ztz122z98z81zz82zz85zunv3z82zpqfnl5z69zz80zst5z78zz84z2hgz88zwoz74zz68zb2lgz74zz88zz87zz84zihds">GitPrime gives engineering managers the full picture with metrics in context on team productivity. So you can spot risk, identify waste, move faster, and advocate for your team with hard data instead of a narrative.<span> </span></span><span class="m_3342368056768429414gmail-author-d-16z86ztz122z98z81zz82zz85zunv3z82zpqfnl5z69zz80zst5z78zz84z2hgz88zwoz74zz68zb2lgz74zz88zz87zz84zihds"><b>Stop flying blind</b></span><span class="m_3342368056768429414gmail-author-d-16z86ztz122z98z81zz82zz85zunv3z82zpqfnl5z69zz80zst5z78zz84z2hgz88zwoz74zz68zb2lgz74zz88zz87zz84zihds m_3342368056768429414gmail-s-mdash"><b><span> </span></b></span><span class="m_3342368056768429414gmail-author-d-16z86ztz122z98z81zz82zz85zunv3z82zpqfnl5z69zz80zst5z78zz84z2hgz88zwoz74zz68zb2lgz74zz88zz87zz84zihds m_3342368056768429414gmail-h-mdash"><b>—</b></span><span class="m_3342368056768429414gmail-author-d-16z86ztz122z98z81zz82zz85zunv3z82zpqfnl5z69zz80zst5z78zz84z2hgz88zwoz74zz68zb2lgz74zz88zz87zz84zihds"><b><span> </span>and start leading engineering with concrete data.</b></span> </div> <div></div> <div><span class="m_3342368056768429414gmail-author-d-16z86ztz122z98z81zz82zz85zunv3z82zpqfnl5z69zz80zst5z78zz84z2hgz88zwoz74zz68zb2lgz74zz88zz87zz84zihds">More at<span> </span><a href="http://gitprime.com/" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&amp;q=http://gitprime.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1498612187466000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFz22HswpKkuQGmbi4rsdaoEZwWLA">gitprime.com</a></span></div> </div> </div>