Stories of successful people are so powerful, just hearing them will change you. I was lucky to have a chat with Atul Shedage, CTO of the cloud security firm Defencely.
Here is the story of a 22 year old village boy, who overcame many obstacles and became India's youngest CTO. I hope his story will inspire you to follow your dream and work hard for it.
1) Please Introduce yourself to our readers
Good day to you all, I am Atulkumar H. Shedage, just an ordinary guy from an ordinary Indian family. However, to be able to talk to you all, and be here, one must have done something extraordinary or achieved the seemingly unachievable, which takes me to the next part of my introduction.
I was recently designated as Chief Technology Officer at Defencely.Com; an online cloud Security
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Interview with Atul Shedage, India’s Youngest CTO
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