RawCTO
Senior engineering judgment, without the senior engineering salary.
Most early-stage products don’t fail on code quality. They fail because of an architecture decision made in month two that nobody could undo by month twelve.
I work with founders and small teams to make those decisions correctly the first time.
Who this is for
- Founders with a product in market and a system that’s starting to strain
- Teams about to make an expensive, hard-to-reverse decision — a rewrite, a migration, a platform bet
- Companies that need a CTO’s judgment but aren’t ready to hire one
Who it’s not for: if you need someone to write the code, you need a contractor, not me. I’ll tell you that on the call and point you somewhere better.
How it works
Audit
[[PRICE]] — one-off, [[N]] weeks
For: you’ve built it and something is wrong.
- Full architecture review
- Code and infrastructure walkthrough
- Written findings, ranked by risk
- One 90-minute working session
Advisory
[[PRICE]] per month
For: you’re building and want it right.
- On-call for architecture decisions
- Monthly code review
- Hiring and interview support
- Async access within [[N]] hours
Embedded
From [[PRICE]] per month
For: you need a CTO and can’t hire one.
- [[N]] days a month, in your team
- Technical roadmap ownership
- Team leadership and mentoring
- Investor and board technical support
Not sure which fits? Take the call — I’ll tell you honestly, including if the answer is none of them.
What clients say
[[TESTIMONIAL — leave this section out entirely until you have a real one. An empty or invented testimonial costs more trust than no testimonial.]]
[[NAME, ROLE, COMPANY]]
Recent work
- [[CLIENT OR PROJECT]] — [[the problem, and what changed]]
- [[CLIENT OR PROJECT]] — [[the problem, and what changed]]
- [[If you can’t name clients, describe them: “a Series A fintech, 12 engineers” works fine and is often more credible]]
Common questions
How does this relate to Vexocore?
[[YOUR ANSWER. Be straightforward — people will ask. Something like: Vexocore builds products for clients; RawCTO is advisory only, and I don’t take implementation work through it.]]
Do you sign NDAs?
Yes, before any technical detail is shared.
What time zones do you work across?
[[YOUR ANSWER]]
What if it’s not a fit?
The first call is free and I’ll say so. I’d rather refer you on than take work I can’t do well.