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		dijit 87 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why I code as a CTO I’ve seen that too, but then the VP of Engineering tends to report to the CTO, and not to- say, the CEO directly.

tomnipotent 87 days ago [–]

Dotted line reporting is very different. In these instances the VP/E is usually directly interfacing with other executives as the CTO's peer. This is even more true when the budget is managed by the VP/E and the CTO is more customer/sales facing.

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