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How can I become a Chief Technology Officer
- The most common career steps to get to Chief Technology Officer are Architect, Chief Executive Officer and Senior Software Engineer based on actual career paths reported to Jobtrees.
- While Architect is the most common, there is no specific role leading to Chief Technology Officer that is an overwhelmingly common path.
- Another characteristic of the Chief Technology Officer career path is that experience within the same job family as this role isn't common and as a result likely not necessary.
- This shows there are many potential paths to becoming a Chief Technology Officer so focusing on translatable skills is likely more important than a specific role.
- This is a Senior role meaning if you don’t have significant work experience and likely also experience in a closely related field, you need to start more than one or two steps away from this role in planning your path. Consider architect or chief executive officer as these are the most popular career starting points for Jobtrees users that led to chief technology officer. For a quicker path to this senior role title, consider looking at smaller companies as they have less layers to get to these more senior titles. The scope of the role and likely the pay though will still likely compare more similarly to a less experienced role title at a larger company. This is partly why you see some unexpected experience level titles leading to this role.
- While Architect isn't from the same job family as Chief Technology Officer, Technical, it can help to have direct experience in this discipline shown by Chief Executive Officer also being a common career path to Chief Technology Officer.
- If you are looking for more potential career paths to Chief Technology Officer, you should also consider Advisor, Engineering Director and Founder as they commonly lead to Chief Technology Officer as well.
What should I know about the Chief Technology Officer career path
- The most common degrees or certifications earned by Jobtrees users on the path to become Chief Technology Officer are Bachelor Of Science (b.sc.) In Computer Science, Master Of Science (m.sc.) In Computer Science, and Master Of Business Administration (mba). There may be other specific certification requirements to land a job with this role, so please make sure to check local regulations as well.
- Career paths aren't linear with people often returning to a prior role which is what you see with Architect being on the path to and from Chief Technology Officer. This is common when people move companies where the title is the same as a past one but the scope may be different but also is commonly driven by them choosing to return to a function they fit well with.
- Chief Technology Officer is part of the Technical job family which has a limited number of unique role types (30) within that discipline. Choosing to pursue a role within this family likely will mean that you will need to look outside of your discipline to find new roles and so should focus on related skills as part of that search.
- Other common titles that have similar job requirements and career paths as Chief Technology Officer are Chief Technical Officer, Cto, Cto And Co-founder, Founder, Cto, Interim Cto.