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Chat with Stephen Elkind, Product Counsel @ Google

A candid conversation with a Google attorney counseling the teams for Gmail, Google Meet, and Gemini in Workspace. Stephen chats about...

Sep 145 min read

Chat with Tilak Koilvaram, Lead Product Counsel @ Plaid

“Product counsel[ing] isn’t rocket science.” But “be a nerd about the business.” Tilak’s path (snapshot) Law firm: Davis Polk (IP & Tech...

Aug 174 min read

Breaking in-house (Post 2)

What if I make the wrong move? My first jump in-house — though to a respectable and successful company — was not a fit. I soon realized...

Aug 112 min read

Surviving your first year in-house (Post 2)

“But I don't have tech experience!” Nope! You don’t need to know how to write code. Or an engineering degree. Or to review Python...

Jul 211 min read

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Lead Product Counsel @ Ramp.

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Policy Counsel @ Paradigm
Associate @ Debevoise
Student @ Harvard Law School
Project Coordinator @ Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society

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This feels like a classic "intellectual posturing" read; that book you carry around to show off.

But I am perplexed by how, with each passing chapter, Robert Caro convinces me that NYC government bureaucracy is actually drama-laden. I find myself cheering and booing civil leaders of NYC history. He has paired "thriller-suspense-epic" with "government-operational-efficiency-advocacy".

I will also say...this book is chonky. I've been reading for weeks, and my Kindle progress bar says 10%.

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