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Thanks for responding. Some details about us: - we are building open-source software (medusajs.com); our thinking around breaking into two teams is that team 0

Thanks for responding. Some details about us: - we are building open-source software (medusajs.com); our thinking around breaking into two teams is that team 0 works on core and team 1 works on plugins + tooling - we are currently 7 in the engineering team (includes CEO and CTO; CEO will transition into more PM work than hands on development) - we plan to hire 5 more engineers over the next 3-4 months - teams would work autonomously with some guiding principles to follow I think your inputs align well with our own thinking

toast0 4y ago
At 10 practicing engineers, with pretty good autonomy, your CTO can probably do engineering management. If that doesn't work, seek a manager hire (an internal candidate if there's someone who wants to switch roles), to do some or all of the management. I wouldn't jump to two managers at that size, unless it becomes aparrent that it's needed.