[blinkymach12]

The struggle I found in coding as a CTO was that executive team priorities would come along that would take precedence over my ability to maintain my coding contributions, and in my experience no developer team wants to inherit and maintain code from their CTO. I found myself ultimately more drawn to coding tasks that improved developer experience or validated proof-of-concept work.

I agree with the author that CTO positions are incredibly varied, so I appreciate them sharing what works for them personally and in their organization, even if it doesn't match what has worked for me.