# Being Chief Technology Officer: Lessons learned in my first year – Shekhar Gulati

<https://shekhargulati.com/2021/01/03/being-chief-technology-officer-lessons-learned-in-my-first-year/>

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## What Jamie wrote

Gulati's path to becoming CTO is atypical in that he wasn't a people manager before. The article shows an engineer → architect → CTO path. I like how he reflected on how he approached the role and the things he learned. His lessons learned are worthwhile for anyone in a leadership role.

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