9 to 5? The daily life of a CTO is not what you think

Every day of the year is an ordinary day, but every day has its own uniqueness, as Mr. A, the chief technology officer of XX cloud computing service company, believes. Tomorrow is December 25, the traditional Western holiday - Christmas, which is considered the birthday of Jesus Christ. This seemingly ordinary Thursday also adds a touch of beautiful warmth because of the approaching Christmas Eve.

At this moment, Mr. A was looking at himself in the mirror. He had short hair parted in the middle, a pair of rimless glasses on his straight nose, thick eyebrows, and a faint stubble hanging at the corner of his mouth. He rubbed his eyes. For the company's business, he had not slept well for a long time. After becoming the CTO of the company, his enthusiasm for technology has not diminished at all, and he is still working on the front line of the business.

For several months, he has been developing a next-generation network system for his company, XX Cloud Computing Service. This is a huge project, and he and several colleagues have worked day and night for it, and it is finally coming to the end. At this stage, although the development has not been completed, the remaining work is not as difficult and unclear as in the early stage.

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It is foreseeable that the project will be online in a few weeks. XX Cloud Computing Service Company has been preparing for this for a long time. Although Mr. A is busy at work, he now feels that he can breathe a sigh of relief. In his opinion, creative work is very challenging and fulfilling. As the CTO of the company, although he is also engaged in management work, his passion for technology itself prompts him to continue to fight on the front line of work. He believes that the CTO should take the lead in the key projects without any hesitation, not focusing on trivial technical details, but more on the overall situation and overall coordination. As for management, he believes that too much time should not be wasted on management, but a mechanism should be established to allow a team to manage itself.

XX Cloud Computing Service Company is just such a company. The working atmosphere here is relatively free and lively. There is no need to punch in and out. Compared with the dogmatic management method, Mr. A prefers to tap the potential of each engineer. In his opinion, in this era of rapid change and innovation, the management methods of Internet companies 5 to 10 years ago can no longer keep up with the trend of the times. In comparison, management methods such as SOHO and flexible working hours are more suitable for the characteristics of Internet companies. As for Mr. A himself, he spends half of his working day at the company and the other half at home. His work requires quietness and concentration, so he actually enjoys doing research and development in his home studio.

Now the children have gone to school. Mr. A and his wife have just finished their meal, sent and received emails, and arranged their work. Mr. A stood up and stretched. They agreed to go to Ditan Park to relax. Before, Mr. A was devoted to the project, and the couple rarely had the opportunity to go out together these days. Mr. A planned to spend some time with his wife today. Their home is not too far from Ditan Park. The couple likes this park very much. The famous writer Shi Tiesheng once drew strength from this ancient park that has gone through more than 400 years of vicissitudes. He wrote his thoughts into the famous article "I and Ditan Park", expressing his feelings on issues such as fate, life and death, and emotions.

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Although it is winter now, Beijing is not cold at the moment. What is even more rare is that the weather is sunny and cloudless today, so you don’t need to carry a mask when you go out. There are not many visitors in the park on weekdays. Compared with the busy Beijing, it is less noisy and more quiet. They walked and talked in the park, chatting about family matters and current affairs. The couple has a deep and harmonious relationship. At this time, Mr. A is no longer as romantic and frivolous as he was in his youth, and his words are more mature and considerate.

As the conversation progressed, the topic turned to Mr. A's work. Mr. A proudly told his wife that what he was doing was a job from scratch, and he had gone through various difficulties and was finally about to succeed. He told his wife that if it were ordinary coding engineers, 80 or so people would probably not be able to handle this project. In his opinion, there is a 10:1 relationship between the work efficiency and quality of ordinary programmers and excellent programmers, and people who stand at the high point of technology have a broader global vision, and people who truly have the ability to define are even more rare. Unknowingly, the morning time slipped away, and they had dinner outside. In the middle of the meal, Mr. A received several calls, most of which were about business-related matters. In the afternoon, Mr. A returned to the company and continued to focus on his work.

For him, maintaining the normal operation of the system is particularly important, and during the holidays, the network system will be subjected to more tests than usual. It is also for the user experience that he led the R&D team to start research on the next generation network system, aiming to provide users with a better and more reliable experience.

"Ding-ling-ling... Ding-ling-ling..." The ringing of the phone brought Mr. A back to reality from his creative work.

"Hello," the voice of classmate Lao Zhou came from the other end of the phone, "Lao A, are you free this week? Let's go practice?"

"Okay! How about tomorrow?" Hearing that it was Lao Zhou who invited him, he happily agreed. It turned out that they were a pair of buddies who had a tacit understanding during college. They often played badminton and football together on weekends. They also liked to climb mountains. They had left their footprints on almost all the famous mountains in China.

After talking to Mr. Zhou on the phone, Mr. A looked at his watch and saw that it was already time for dinner. He packed up his things, said hello to his colleagues, and left the company. When he got home, his wife had already prepared dinner and the children had finished school. The family started their dinner for the day.

For Mr. A, this is an ordinary day and a unique day in his life. But what day is not ordinary or unique? As a traditional Oriental family, this family is not as enthusiastic about Christmas as young people, but the atmosphere in the air somehow always makes people feel a little warm.

When the clock was about to hit 12 o'clock, his wife walked into his workshop and asked, "Aren't you going to bed yet?"

"Yes, right away." As he said that, Mr. A suddenly took out nine roses from under the table.

"Merry Christmas Eve!" he said.

[Editor: Li Yingjie TEL: (010) 68476606]