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Sergio Pereira
Managing chaos and global teams as a Fractional CTO
Sergio Pereira has been a Software Engineer and CTO for 13 years. Sergio has built tech products for several fast growing startups, such as Bulk MRO, StudentFinance and Candidly. For the last 7 years, Sergio has managed fully remote teams, either full time or working as a Fractional CTO. He is also a public speaker on remote work and managing tech teams, having spoken at major tech conferences and being an instructor at O’Reilly, Udemy and Gumroad.
In this episode
We talk about what it takes to be a fractional CTO, how Sergio navigates chaos while building diverse engineering teams, the benefits of being a content creator, and his view on how to get jobs as a fractional engineer.
Outline & Transcript
Starting out is very challenging
Who is Sergio?
It was never his dream to go fractional
How Sergio started out
What does it mean to be a Fractional CTO?
Why clients hire fractional over full-time
What clients ask Sergio
What kind of chaos does Sergio prefer?
It gets fun once you're over the hump
How to build a great team (fave part)
Sergio started hiring remote very early
What he learned after interviewing 1000+
How he manages diverse workforces
Why Sergio believes in written communication
Sergio's Remote Work Academy
Don't settle for the office!
How remote work will change the world
How Sergio manages Remote Work Academy
How Sergio became a content creator
Why Sergio wants to stay a content creator
Serendipity just by showing up online
How Sergio gets clients through Twitter
Sergio's advice for fractional workers
