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Careers in Tech
There’s more to the tech world than coding. It takes a team to bring products to market and only a part of that requires technical know-how. There’s room in the tech world for people-people, creative types, writers and dreamers. You may not know which one you are, you may be more than one, but until you know what skills there are you won’t know what skills you have or which to pursue.
Regardless of the size of your company certain roles need to be played in order to be successful. These roles don’t need to be different people, but they require a different disciplines. To give you a sense of all the different roles and positions, here is a breakdown of the fictional company in The Company School universe.
The C-Levels
Wendy CEO
Chief Executive Officer
Responsible for setting the direction of the company, raising money, closing deals, taking the fall if things go bad – Not necessarily the President.
Ronny COO
Chief Operating Officer
Responsible for overseeing the financial and human resource aspects of the company. Doesn’t necessarily set direction but can say no way, can’t afford it.
Abby CFO
Chief Financial Officer
Responsible for overseeing the Financial aspects of the company ranging from payroll to S.E.C. Filings.
Berry CIO
Chief Information Officer
Responsible for overseeing the direction of the company’s Information Technology. Makes the build or buy decisions.
The Sales Team
Wendy Marketing
Head of Marketing
The Head of Marketing is responsible for promoting your the company and developing its Brand. They strategize logos, keywords and may suggest anything from door to door sales to skywriting
Ronny Sales
Salesman
The Salesman is responsible for closing the deals that sell the company products. This means going to the client and being the first line of defense from the customer.
Abby Inside-Sales
Inside Sales
Inside Sales means drumming up sales from “inside” the office. Responsibilities include Lead Generation, Setting Sales Appointments, prepping demos, email and social marketing
Berry Support
Sales Support
The bridge between sales and reality. Sales will want to sell anything the customer is willing to buy. Sales Support is there to to make sure they don’t sell anything we can’t make.
The Product Team
Wendy Product
Product Manager/Product Officer
Responsible for managing the development of new or existing products. Oversees Projects
Ronny Project
Project Manager
Responsible for assigning resources, generating estimates and handling heat from higher ups when products don’t get made on time
Abby Analyst
Business Analyst
Gathers details and requirements for products the projects will create. Finds the Devil in the Details. Works with Clients and Internal team
Berry Quality
Quality Assurance
Responsible for ensuring the quality of the product. Creates measurements to monitor success and failure
The Creative Team
Wendy Experience
User Experience Designer
The UX Designer crafts the “experience” you want your users to have when they use your product. Ergonomics, behavioral psychology, etc
Ronny Interface
User Interface
Responsible for designing User Interfaces to your product. Like UX but more detailed.
Abby Designer
Graphics Designer
Responsible for the color schemes, buttons, logos, and overall visual cohesion of your product and brand.
Berry Writer
Copywriter/ Copy Editor
Copywriters are responsible for the written content that goes into your product. They are the wordsmiths that fill in the blanks.
The Tech Team
Wendy Architect
Head Engineer
The architect plans the product to be secure, stable, and scalable by the engineering team and resources they have.
Ronny DevOps
Developer Operations
Responsible for maintaining the technical infrastructure of the company as well as the environments the developers use
Abby Developer
Developer
Responsible for leading the development of the product in an efficient and scalable manner. Teaches other devs up.
Berry Tester
Test Engineer
Responsible for creating and maintaining automated tests that catch problems while they’re still in development.