Jonas
Van Schoote

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CTO in residence
from Belgium 🇧🇪

Independent learner and motorcyclist. But there's more to tell. This CTO knows exactly how to get to the essence of an idea and to translate that into technical concepts.

All while keeping an eagle eye on the bigger picture, and the ethical side of things, in order to make web applications. Jonas claims to have figured in a movie that was shown at the Venice Art Biennale a few years ago. Oddly enough though, nobody can find any internet evidence of this, as the movie was only screened once during the festival.

Is there one thing you find especially motivating in your work, more than anything else?
Seeing a product come to life. Or in the current project I'm working on, seeing a whole team come to life.

How many cats are in your house at the moment?
Only two, I hope. But I suspect they invite other cats over sometimes.

About Jonas

Base: Ghent (BE)
Studies: Product Design, KH Limburg
Passions: woodwork, motors, photography

Expertises

CTO in Residence
Technical leadership

Articles by Jonas

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Why defining a product vision is crucial in ensuring you are building the right things.

Written communication

Product documentation

Product vision alignment

A company should have a vision, but a product should also have one. A product vision may sound like something large corporates work on. It may sound like a waste of time. However, a good product vision helps your team make the right choices while building your product.

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Why it’s worth spending time on writing out tickets

Written communication

Issues and tasks

Have a small team that likes to move fast and break things? You are writing tickets. Right?

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One job, many roles. The different skills needed to be a successful CTO

Team and leadership

Team structure

Roles and responsibilities

Some time ago I came across this article on Harvard Business School’s Working Knowledge blog about when founding CEOs need to go. It’s from 2005, but it is still just as relevant now. The main takeaway is that you need differently skilled people at the helm in different stages of your company and that this transition is not always easy. They talk about founding CEOs, but this is also true for CTOs, whether they are founders or not. Success or failure, you may need a different profile In the H

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