In this episode of the podcast, Amir talks to Vlad Eidelman. Vlad is the CTO of Fiscal Note and joins this podcast to discuss his journey toward becoming CTO. Fiscal Note is a software-as-a-service company that collects, analyzes, and refines policy and regulation data from local to global levels to help its customers understand how laws and regulations can impact their businesses and nonprofits. Vlad has been working in the industry for 15 years, focusing on building machine learning systems, becoming the first data science hire, and ultimately managing the R&D side of the business.

[00:05:48] Perseverance in career growth.

[00:06:33] Continuous Learning and Development.

[00:11:21] Helping People Ask Questions Comfortably.

[00:14:20] Overcoming communication barriers.

[00:17:06] Importance of self-assessment.

[00:19:50] Leadership and team structure.

[00:24:30] Transitioning to a manager.

[00:28:13] Value of computer science education.

Vlad Eidelman is the CTO and Chief Scientist at FiscalNote, where he is responsible for setting the technology vision and execution strategy for the global R&D organization. He holds a Ph.D. in CS and has over 15 years of experience developing, leading, and advising technology teams, building diverse SaaS and consumer products with state-of-the-art machine learning and NLP systems.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/veidelman/

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