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Make informed career moves by listening to experienced people talk about their own career choices! From Engineers, Managers, Designers, Entrepreneurs and other professionals - you'll learn about key decisions they made, the skills they invest in and the mindset which helps them succeed. We are four working professionals - Ashwini, Deepa, Dilip and Pramod - with many years of experience in technology, consulting and product management between us. Our each episode is a crisp 25-30 minutes of t ...
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Welcome to an episode of Startup Spotlight where we explore interesting and innovative startups.Today in the spotlight we have Live AI Dream We chat with Chhavi Jain, Founder and CEO at Live a Dream about her journey, the startup, her collaborations with Nvidia & Microsoft and much more. Chhavi has a Masters in Artificial Intelligence from Universi…
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In Startup Spotlight we explore interesting and innovative startups through the lens of the founders. We will uncover the story behind the startup, the unique challenges and opportunities. Today in the spotlight we have AtomicWork. We chat with Vijay Rayapati, Co-founder and CEO at Atomicwork. Vijay is a serial entrepreneur. His previous startup Mi…
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What does the field of linguistics entail? What are the various opportunities in the field? Is it purely theoretical or is there an experimental aspect? How does one delve into interdisciplinary research involving gaming, cybersecurity and computer science and what are the challenges? To learn about this and unravel an extremely interesting career …
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Traditionally, an education in engineering has been considered ideal to break into software engineering. Can you move into a software engineering role with no formal education in the field? What skills do you need and how can you acquire them? How do people view this role looking outside-in? To explore this, we chat with Nadia Matin, Software Engin…
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Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Machine Learning (ML) are penetrating our lives & work. Data consumption, analysis and modeling contribute to increasing the carbon footprint of products. How can AI/ML be applied in the field of sustainability? What kind of skills and training are required to create sustainable solutions ? What are the barriers to…
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For women’s history month we would like to acknowledge and thank all the women before us who made our success possible. In the past we had put together episodes for the women’s month focussing on the thoughts, motivation and influences behind career and life choices. This was very well received and we enjoyed the experience so much that we wanted t…
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What is data engineering? How does it differ from software engineering? What skills do you need to become a data engineer? What are the opportunities and challenges in this area? Harini Rajendran, Senior Software Engineer, Data Engineering, Confluent answers these questions and shares her experience in this episode. Harini's team builds a cloud sca…
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What does research in the fields of molecular biology and biophysics involve? How can this research contribute to sustainability efforts? What are the challenges in this area? What skills do you need to contribute to this research ? To learn about this field, we speak to Sowmya Raghavan, a research lead at BioMan technologies. Sowmya was a consulta…
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What does a career in print media entail? What are the skills required to succeed in this field? How does one build credibility and brand recognition for new publications? Suresh Selvaraj, formerly the president of the Outlook Group of magazines and later the CEO of the Suvarna News shares his journey, learnings, and perspectives. He has over 30 ye…
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In our career journey, coaches and mentors help us reach our potential. They not only help us make better decisions but also have an impact on the way we think and approach problems. How does one go about finding a mentor or a coach? What is the difference between them? How do we have an effective relationship with a mentor or a coach? We talk abou…
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What does it mean to be an Infrastructure Engineer in the era of cloud computing? What are the opportunities and challenges in this area? How does this differ from application development? What are the latest trends in the field? To answer this and give us a deep dive into the world of infrastructure engineering, we have with us Nik Collins, who is…
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Chief Information Officers (CIOs) are crucial to an organisation’s digital transformation efforts. What is the role of a CIO and how has it evolved over the years? How do they make some of the key technology decisions that drive the organisation? How do they make their choices and what does it take to be a successful CIO. We talk about this with Ge…
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Organisations invest in cyber security to keep their systems and data safe. With increasing global connectivity and rising usage of cloud services, digital assets are vulnerable. How does an organisation go about defining its enterprise cyber security strategy? What are the roles in cyber security and what does it take to be successful? We talk abo…
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Leadership means different things to different people. What does it mean to be a leader at different levels of experience? Is it tied to the number of people reporting to you or is it a mindset? How does one evolve in a leadership role? What skills do you need to be an effective leader and enabler? How does one measure their success as a leader? To…
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All organisations define a learning and development strategy to help their employees build the right skills and to shape their thinking. This in turn influences and builds the right culture for the organisation. In this era of digital revolution, helping employees re-skill is critical to adapt to an ever changing business landscape and it's many un…
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Have you ever wondered what Developer advocacy and Ecosystem building involve? What skills does one require to become a developer advocate? What are the challenges and opportunities in this field? How does this compare with other roles? Taylor Dolezal, Head of Ecosystems at Cloud Native Computing Foundation answers these questions and shares his jo…
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Digital products are an integral part of our day-to-day lives. We are increasingly aware about our experiences with these products - whether they delight us, make us happy or drive us insane. What does it take to design and build these experiences? What are the roles in an organisation that help drive user experience? What skills does it take to do…
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It has been a year since we started the podcast. This is a special episode which we recorded in person to reflect on all the episodes so far. We identify the common themes and learnings across different industries, geographies and roles. We would like to sincerely thank every one of our guests for the candid accounts of their journeys. Hope this ep…
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Strategy - It can mean many things to people. It can be used in a personal context or professional context. As we think about our own careers, it becomes important to understand how all of these come together. How do we tie what we do with the organization's strategy? We talk about this with Kostubh Vashishth, VP Product Management - Customer Engag…
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What role can open source play in career development? How does one contribute to and create new open source projects? How do you build a community around an open source project? We chat with Ben Pfaff, Principal Researcher at VMware Research to explore these questions. Ben is a systems researcher focusing on Software Define Networking.. He was one …
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What does it mean to work on Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning? Are there multiple roles and ways to contribute in the field? How does one assess interest, aptitude and garner the required skills? To answer this and share his incredible journey, we talk to Nimar Arora, AI/ML lead at Devrev.Nimar Arora did his BTech in Computer Science from I…
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Taking a break in your career can help you find balance and motivation. It can help build fresh perspectives and set you on a new path. What can help you make these decisions? How do you stay focussed on what you set out to do during a break? We talk about this with Pramod Biligiri.Pramod is an entrepreneur. He is the founder of Bitken technologies…
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What does business development involve? Does this vary between a startup and an established company? What are the skills required to be successful in business development? We discuss this and much more with Hussein Khazaal. Hussein is a product and business leader with over 20 years of international product & partnership management, marketing and b…
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Technology strategy for an enterprise plays a crucial role in generating value for an organization. Architects are at the very core of this strategy. In an enterprise, you will find the different types of architects like Application architects, Solution architects, Software architects and enterprise architects who come together to define and drive …
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Have you wondered what it takes to make an impact in the sustainability space? What are the challenges and what are the opportunities? What roles do the community and the customer play? We explore these questions with Ganesh Shankar. Ganesh is a serial entrepreneur in the Sustainability/ ClimateTech space with a career vision towards making Sustain…
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How does someone with an engineering background break into policy design? What does it mean to be an effective problem solver in the sustainability space? How does one contribute to evidence based policy making. We talk about this and much more with Hari Dilip Kumar. Hari is a generalist problem-solver at heart, with a decade of rich and varied exp…
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Building game changing products and transforming industries require thinking outside the box, questioning the accepted state of the world and making bold choices. How does one develop this aptitude, attitude and exposure. What are the challenges and what is the cost of making these bold choices? To delve into these questions, we have with us Dheera…
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With the onset of the pandemic, remote work has become the norm for many of us. While this was new to some of us, there were others who had chosen to work remote pre-pandemic. Their experiences and learnings will certainly be useful as we transition to the hybrid mode of working. We explore some of the challenges and possible solutions with Ashwini…
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Organizational culture refers to the values and behaviours that the company promotes. As individuals, we have values which are deeply ingrained in us that drive our decision making and actions. How do these personal values relate to that of an organization? Does organizational culture shape our thinking? What happens when there are differences betw…
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How do choices shape our perspectives and ability to think out of the box? What skills are essential to creating innovative products? We hear from people who pursued fields ranging from Physics and Econometrics to Computer Science, from fresh graduates to folks who have more than 2 decades of experience, from those who have questioned the status qu…
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How do you assess the merit of an idea? How do you decide whether you want to work on building the idea into a product and when and whether you must quit your day job to follow your passion? How do you monetize your ideas? Kishore Nallan and Jason Bosco, Founders of Typesense search, answer these questions and share many personal learnings from the…
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What does building system software feel like? What does a long term career in Systems Programming look like? What kind of mindset and skills are required to succeed here? What are some misconceptions about this field? We discuss all this with Arun Raghavan. Arun runs a system software consultancy called Asymptotic.io. He has been a long term contri…
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How does one get into positions of leadership and influence, while staying on a technical career path? What does a Principal Engineer bring to the table at a top tier technology company like Amazon? To share his perspective, we have with us Saurabh Shrivastava, Principal Engineer at Amazon. Saurabh has two decades of experience in roles spanning so…
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Working in the industry and working in academia - there are a lot of differences between the two. You may discover your desire for academic research and teaching at any point in your career, including after you begin your career in the industry. How do you make the switch and what should you know before you do? We talk about this with Shruthi N, As…
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We have all dreamt of doing projects that benefit society at large, without having profit as the sole motive. What would such a job look like? And how would you go about finding it? We talk to Denny George, an engineer who has been applying his technical skills to civic causes for many years. Denny is the Co-Founder and Product Engineer at Tattle I…
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Most of us do not manage our careers actively. What if we had a model to guide us through the process? What if the model was derived as a result of decades of experience and observation in both industry and academia? Dr Raj Yavatkar, CTO of Juniper Networks, introduces such a model for career building and talks through how it can be applied to our …
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History is not just a series of events. It is about societies, cultures and ideas that have shaped our present. Archaeologists play an important role in this journey of understanding our origins. They make sense of the past to help us build our future. We talk to archaeologist Dr. Madhavi Kunneriath. Madhavi has an M.A in Ancient Indian History, Cu…
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To be effective at work these days, you have to make sense of a large amount of information on a daily basis. What strategies and tools can you harness to organize information quickly as you come across it? Can this also help you choose which skills or concepts to learn? We talk to Chirag Jain about these ideas. Chirag has worked as a Software Deve…
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User experience design is fascinating in the way that it balances artistic skills, aesthetics, imagination and utility. Have you wondered what it takes to be a successful UX designer and how they strike this balance? How can you break into the field of design? To enlighten us about the creative as well as the practical aspects of UX Design, we have…
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Complying with regulations is critical to building trust with customers and employees. In this episode, we explore compliance in Information Technology through the eyes of Girish Ghatge, Sr. Director, Risk & Compliance at GE Healthcare. Girish reflects on his exciting career journey spanning nearly 26 years. His candid observations help us understa…
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Going from being an engineer to a manager can be a big change in your career journey. How do you know you’re up for the challenge? How can you best prepare for the transition to management? Deepthi Kulkarni gives her candid take on these topics and more. Deepthi is a Director of Technology at Afterpay, a payments platform that enables financial wel…
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Can graduate school be an option for those wanting to make a mark in the industry? To explore the professional masters program as a possible answer, we talk to Eric VandeVoorde & Karen Hull from Purdue University. Eric is the Director of Professional Engineering Master's Programs and Karen Hull is the Engineering Management Graduate Program Manager…
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We have teachers to guide us through school & professors to guide us through university. But when we enter the corporate world, do we seek out similar guides and mentors? We discuss the role of mentorship in career building and talk through practical aspects of identifying mentors with Deepa Vijayakumar, who has been both a mentor and a mentee. Dee…
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Are you approaching hiring correctly? Is a focus on resumes over practical skills costing you in this hot market for talent? And why is it so hard for us to let go of our existing approaches to hiring? We discuss all this - and more - with Krishnan Nair, CEO and Co-founder of GeekTrust. a job platform designed for software developers. Over the last…
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Have you ever wondered if there are roles at the intersection of business functions? Can you bring a unique value proposition, carve a niche for yourself and in the process define an entirely new role? To talk about how she achieved all this in the context of her role in employer branding, we have with us Melissa Sheehan. Melissa is currently a Pri…
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Human Resource Management (HR) is an integral part of an organization. In this episode, we trace its history, talk about focus areas like Performance Management and how one can pursue a career in HR. We talk to Sudipta Das. Associate Director-Performance Management, Flipkart. Sudipta has worked across multiple industries - Manufacturing, IT and Pro…
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What is Deep Work and what are its benefits? How can modern software companies organize themselves to enable employees to do Deep Work consistently? How does a culture of written communication fit into this? Swanand Pagnis, CTO of CoLearn, explores different facets of this topic in a wide ranging conversation. Swanand has put Cal Newport's principl…
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Becoming an entrepreneur is a difficult choice, one that opens the door to many opportunities as well as risks. Have you wondered about the thought process that drives one to be a founder and the trade offs involved? To share his exciting journey, we have with us Rajan Bala, a senior manager at Amazon in Tornoto and the founder of Aravanai, a non p…
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What role does Data and Analytics play in Enterprise IT? What should one keep in mind when implementing analytics within enterprise systems? And what skills do you need to make analytics effective? To share her learnings, we have with us Nisha Raghavan, Sr. Director (Data & Analytics), GE Healthcare. Nisha has over two decades of experience in this…
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How your company is perceived as an employer matters a great deal in today's competitive hiring landscape. We talk to Nisha J K to learn how employer brands are shaped, common misconceptions around it and how you can improve your company's branding. Nisha is a Co-Founder and Director at GreenPepper Consulting, who have been helping companies scale …
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