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She Runs a $10k/Month Business Using Data and AI (and Her Title Says Marketing)
I invited a stakeholder to talk data with me. Yana knew more than most data people I’ve met.
Apr 2
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Yordan Ivanov
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Yana G.Y.
14
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55:51
She Runs a $10k/Month Business Using Data and AI (and Her Title Says Marketing)
I invited a stakeholder to talk data with me. Yana knew more than most data people I’ve met.
Apr 2
•
Yordan Ivanov
and
Yana G.Y.
14
1
If a Project Surprises Your Team, That's On You
How data teams that skip business alignment planning keep firefighting instead of delivering.
Mar 23
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Yordan Ivanov
13
3
2
Building Resumes Over Products
Your curiosity becomes leverage when you price risk upfront, define ownership early, and protect delivery from drift.
Mar 2
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Yordan Ivanov
12
2
The Customer Service Mindset Is The Fastest Way To Destroy Your Data Team
Treating your engineering team like a help desk is a fast track to low-impact work, invisible contributions, and a department full of replaceable…
Feb 16
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Yordan Ivanov
18
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Career
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51:46
The Reverse Interview
The questions you ask in an interview reveal more about your seniority than anything you answer. I've interviewed hundreds of candidates and only the…
Mar 26
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Yordan Ivanov
14
48:04
How to Think Holistically About the Data Ecosystem with Dylan Anderson
Most data professionals know their corner of the stack. The ones who get ahead know how it all connects.
Mar 19
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Yordan Ivanov
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Dylan Anderson
13
2
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The Smart Engineer’s Framework to Staying Current Without Noise
In a world of endless tech updates and AI slop, attention becomes the real scarce resource. Here’s how smart engineers protect it while still keeping up…
Mar 11
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Yordan Ivanov
18
2
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53:42
How to Think like a Senior Engnieer with Erfan Hesami
Seniority is a transition from optimizing code to optimizing the environment where code lives
Mar 10
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Yordan Ivanov
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Erfan Hesami
23
3
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Stakeholders
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Stop Acting Like an Order Taker
If the first thing you do after a request arrives is open your editor, you are already doing the lowest-value work.
Mar 16
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Yordan Ivanov
13
1:02:41
Intro to MetadataOps with Alejandro Aboy
Stop building catalogs for people and start building context for machines
Mar 5
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Yordan Ivanov
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Alejandro Aboy
16
2
1
The Customer Service Mindset Is The Fastest Way To Destroy Your Data Team
Treating your engineering team like a help desk is a fast track to low-impact work, invisible contributions, and a department full of replaceable…
Feb 16
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Yordan Ivanov
18
1
1
Deployment Frequency as a Business Metric
How to explain to the CFO that "shipping code 5 times a day" is about reducing the feedback loop between a business request and a delivered insight.
Feb 11
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Yordan Ivanov
8
Leadership
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If AI Took Your Job, Your Company Was Already Lost
When a company lays off people to "do the same with fewer," leadership already gave up. Here's what that means for your career.
Mar 30
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Yordan Ivanov
15
2
1
Democracy Is Overrated. This Is How Strong Leaders Take Executive Decisions
You were hired to make the call, own the outcome, and keep the team moving when no one else will, not to make everybody happy.
Mar 18
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Yordan Ivanov
8
When Data Teams Need Contractors, Consultants, or Employees
Different problems require different kinds of help. Here’s how data teams can choose between employees, contractors, and consultants based on the work…
Mar 9
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Yordan Ivanov
15
2
1
How to Request Headcount Increase (And Win Over Your CFO)
Headcount is a risk mitigation strategy aligned with the next twelve months of business delivery.
Mar 4
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Yordan Ivanov
8
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The Reverse Interview
The questions you ask in an interview reveal more about your seniority than anything you answer. I've interviewed hundreds of candidates and only the…
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If a Project Surprises Your Team, That's On You
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How to Think Holistically About the Data Ecosystem with Dylan Anderson
Most data professionals know their corner of the stack. The ones who get ahead know how it all connects.
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You were hired to make the call, own the outcome, and keep the team moving when no one else will, not to make everybody happy.
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Stop Acting Like an Order Taker
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