37 min
Managing chaos and global teams as a Fractional CTO | Sergio Pereira (Remote Work Academy, Bulk MRO) Fractional by Swarm
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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.
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.
Swarm just released the Amber store! Learn more about our vision of the future of work.
00:00 Starting out is very challenging
00:30 Who is Sergio?
02:40 It was never his dream to go fractional
03:45 How Sergio started out
04:40 What does it mean to be a Fractional CTO?
05:50 Why clients hire fractional over full-time
07:25 What clients ask Sergio
08:50 What kind of chaos does Sergio prefer?
11:25 It gets fun once you're over the hump
12:35 How to build a great team (fave part)
14:33 Sergio started hiring remote very early
16:20 What he learned after interviewing 1000+
19:25 How he manages diverse workforces
21:05 Why Sergio believes in written communication
22:27 Sergio's Remote Work Academy
24:41 Don't settle for the office!
26:50 How remote work will change the world
27:24 How Sergio manages Remote Work Academy
28:18 How Sergio became a content creator
31:45 Why Sergio wants to stay a content creator
32:25 Serendipity just by showing up online
33:00 How Sergio gets clients through Twitter
34:15 Sergio's advice for fractional workers
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.
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.
Swarm just released the Amber store! Learn more about our vision of the future of work.
00:00 Starting out is very challenging
00:30 Who is Sergio?
02:40 It was never his dream to go fractional
03:45 How Sergio started out
04:40 What does it mean to be a Fractional CTO?
05:50 Why clients hire fractional over full-time
07:25 What clients ask Sergio
08:50 What kind of chaos does Sergio prefer?
11:25 It gets fun once you're over the hump
12:35 How to build a great team (fave part)
14:33 Sergio started hiring remote very early
16:20 What he learned after interviewing 1000+
19:25 How he manages diverse workforces
21:05 Why Sergio believes in written communication
22:27 Sergio's Remote Work Academy
24:41 Don't settle for the office!
26:50 How remote work will change the world
27:24 How Sergio manages Remote Work Academy
28:18 How Sergio became a content creator
31:45 Why Sergio wants to stay a content creator
32:25 Serendipity just by showing up online
33:00 How Sergio gets clients through Twitter
34:15 Sergio's advice for fractional workers
37 min