I don't know about CTO positions but I do know people working as Soft. Engineer barely able to code.
Funny enough -as in the article- they are usually attracted to teaching (medium posts, best practice talks, youtube videos...) and mentoring/managing positions. Maybe as a way to escape from coding. Or maybe they want to safe others of struggling with the same problem they have. I don't know.
As the saying goes, "Those who can't do - teach". I get it, it's a position you can't fail. You're the boss, you always learn (a day prior) and you always "know best".
Funny enough -as in the article- they are usually attracted to teaching (medium posts, best practice talks, youtube videos...) and mentoring/managing positions. Maybe as a way to escape from coding. Or maybe they want to safe others of struggling with the same problem they have. I don't know.