Expertease

In this episode we have an honest and insightful conversation with a dear friend and colleague Mushtaq Ahmed, Principal Consultant at Thoughtworks Pune. We cover topics ranging from his interests, his journey from studying to be a Doctor, then becoming a BA, then a Developer and now a Senior Technical Leader; and his passion for programming. He is a Scala evangelist. In the later part of the podcast we discuss his work with Thirty Meter Telescope(TMT) and architecture principles for building systems at Astronomical scale.

• Mushtaq Ahmed on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mushtaq-ahmed-a0b76b/
• Show Notes and related links on Expertease website: https://life-lessons.in

In this episode we continue our conversation with Nikhil Prasad, CTO and co-founder of tavisca, about his personal beliefs on building an impactful & meaningful engineering career, and the mental models to making decisions at the C-level. In the previous episode, Nikhil had spoken about how to build an empowered and high-performing Engineering Culture.

1. Nikhil Prasad on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikhilprasad/
2. Show Notes and Related Links at Expertease Website: https://life-lessons.in/

In the third episode of Expertease podcast, I speak to Nikhil Prasad, CTO and co-founder of tavisca, about his realization that companies need to provide a higher purpose to employees and how certain simple ideas can lead to building empowering & high-performing organizations.

Nikhil says: "A fresher on your team, who likely doesn't understand how company economics work, is not going to be motivated by a mission to triple your revenue."

This is a really thought provoking episode that explains how Mastery, Autonomy and Purpose can act as foundational pillars on which an organization can create an empowering engineering culture.

Nikhil Prasad on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikhilprasad/

Show Notes and Related Links at Expertease Website: https://life-lessons.in/

In the 2nd episode of Expertease podcast, I speak to Sandeep Nanu - a serial entrepreneur, about his principles of building a successful and sustainable consulting firm.

Sandeep talks about his first job as a Web-Designer and the lessons he learnt there, including the important of respecting commitments, being professional, building trust and respecting others time. We discuss his first company, CBeyond -- his challenges in dealing with large corporations and his motivation to instead find a better way to work sustainably, which led him to start WriteClick eventually in 2010.

This is a really fun episode, which gives an insight into how Sandeep has prioritized living a fulfilling life over running a rat race. I love his principles!

Sandeep Nanu: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandeepnanu/

Show Notes and Related Links at Expertease Website: https://life-lessons.in/

In this episode we have a light-hearted chat with Aditya Karle, Head of Design at ThoughtWorks India, to deconstruct the art of Experience Design (XD).

We talk about his journey to becoming a Designer (1:10), getting involved in Software Design, discuss differences between UI design, UX, XD; and then have an interesting chat about applying design thinking to Bengaluru International Airport (28:50). We finish the podcast with Adi giving us recommendations on books and conferences (53:30) related to design.

Aditya Karle, on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adityakarle/

Expertease show-notes at https://life-lessons.in.