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Experts lay out the criteria for choosing Biden's CTO, who will be faced with using tech to tackle everything from climate change to vaccine distribution (by estherschindler)

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What it takes to accomplish that is a matter of debate – including determining the size of the team. "The government needs someone who can successfully recruit talent at scale, not just by being an influencer, but by ensuring that incoming talent can be integrated into existing teams and thrive," said Danah Boyd, partner researcher at Microsoft Research and founder of the

That means the CTO job requisition includes "a service leadership mentality." The ideal US CTO is deeply collaborative and humble, who doesn't care about getting the credit. "You'll work on a problem with career public servants. You'll be there for a couple of years. Focus on their success, not yours," Pahlka adds.

"When these roles are responsibly distinct in industry, the former tends to connote the thought leader who can help sell the vision for the organization while the latter tends to focus more on managing and enabling the technical team itself, ensuring that there are not barriers to undermine their work, and recruiting talent.

 

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