Ask HN: What Is a COO?
by simonhfrost on Hacker News.
Throughout my career I’ve held exclusively engineering positions. However, I’ve noticed the parts of my work I enjoy the most aren’t necessarily the technical challenges, but instead improvements to process and productivity. My favourite books are ‘Getting Things Done’ [0], and ‘Deep Work’ [1]. I also consistently try to find improvements to communication, requirement clarification, and decision making. Is this mindset aligned with what would be expected from a COO? I know virtually nothing about the position apart from a line that stuck with me (paraphrased): ‘A COO is similar to a CEO, where they have to do the same amount of work but don’t get to make any of the decisions’. Do you have any insights or books/article recommendations for what the role of COO looks like? It would be greatly appreciated [0] https://ift.tt/Kc3wlpU
[1] https://ift.tt/tA652LU