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Leadership path
CompleteFrom IC to engineering org leader.
Phase 9 (CTO Track) is the spine. Earlier phases supply the IC foundation; the path emphasizes that effective engineering leaders are still credible at the systems layer. Includes the start-up, scale-up, and enterprise tracks within Phase 9.
Lead an engineering team or organization — 1:1s, hiring, architecture at scale, org design, product strategy, business fundamentals — at the appropriate company stage.
8 phases · ~2100 hours
Foundation.
Programming fundamentals.
Web development.
CS fundamentals.
Backend engineering.
Systems engineering.
Professional practice — required for credible leadership.
~500h
CTO Track: management, architecture, org design, business.
Not required, but deepen the path.
AI/ML — increasingly required for CTOs in 2026.
Advanced systems — credibility at the deep end.