Twitter’s IPO isn’t the only thing they’re making headlines for this week
An article published in the Business Insider says that Twitter offered Chris Fry, their Senior VP of Technology, $10 million worth of stock, which, the author writes, makes him the second most highly paid person in the company, falling short only of CEO Dick Costolo.
Fry was able to cash in on his engineering skills, the author writes, and it helped him make out with a big payday. BI cites former colleagues of Fry’s as referring to him as a “10x” engineer. What’s this mean? It means he does 10 times the work of a typical engineer. Pretty impressive, especially when you consider he’s only been with Twitter for about a year.
The article goes on to say that Fry holds 10 different patents, as well as a Ph.D. in cognitive science…. which probably didn’t hurt him when it came to the hiring process.
He has experience managing hundreds of engineers spread over multiple departments, which, the author writes, is invaluable to a company like twitter who are largely dependant on an innovative engineering team to attract new users and in turn drive revenue.
His real competitive advantage, however, lies not with his coding ability, but with his ability to work with people. In working with SalesForce, the article said, Fry gained valuable experience learning to lead and motivate some of the most talented engineers in the business, especially in a fast-paced environment of growth.
And growth is the name of the game for Twitter, the author argues. On the eve of their IPO, he speculates that Fry’s big stock bonus may be an incentive for him to stick around with the company for the foreseeable future.
Moral of the story? If you can pair your technical talents with a knack for working with people, you may end up like Chris Fry: with a big paycheck on the way.
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