Finance Guys In Tech - Ep021 Finding Meaning In The Process with Raj Uparkar, Sr. Mgr., DC Capacity, AWS

Ep021 Finding Meaning In The Process with Raj Uparkar, Sr. Mgr., DC Capacity, AWS

11/19/20 • 38 min

“Try to identify top goals, personally and professionally and work at them in a way that’s meaningful to you. Don’t drive towards output metrics...focus on what you can control and the other things will play out.” - Raj Uparkar, Sr. Manager, DC Capacity, AWS
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Whoa there peeps! It’s been awhile but we’re back, finally publishing a new episode we recorded over the summer and today we bring you our good buddy, Raj Uparkar, Senior Manager in AWS Data Center Capacity.

Raj’s roles have gravitated towards the highly analytical side. We talked to him about many things including what it takes to be successful (in the long term) at Amazon and what he looks for in new candidates. We also talk about the act of pursuing goals and striving for meaning in the process.

Raj has a great perspective for anybody thinking about their career in tech, no matter where you are on the journey. It’s great to be back and we’re psyched to finally get Raj’s wisdom out into the ether! Please enjoy!

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Previous Episode

Ep20 - Keeping Perspective with Shruti Shah, Senior Finance Manager, AWS Real Estate

“Ask yourself what’s the worst case thing that could happen...it gives you perspective...don’t take things too seriously...be grateful” - Shruti Shah, Sr. Finance Manager, AWS Real Estate

Hello there peeps. Today we bring you an episode with our friend and long time (9-year) Amazonian, Shruti Shah. Shruti is a Senior Finance Manager in AWS supporting the Data Center Real Estate team.

Today we talk to Shruti about her Amazon origin story, some great thoughts on work-life harmony AND...our mutual love of heist movies! Yes! Finally!!

We had a great chat and can’t wait to share! Please enjoy

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Next Episode

Ep22 Fifteen Years at AWS & The Early Days with Joe Minarik, Director, Data Center Supply

“It’s good to round yourself out but double down on your super powers.” - Joe Minarik, Director, AWS Data Center Supply

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First things, first, Joe holds the Finance Guys land speed record for guests at 180mph. Yikes.

We’re back this week, this time with the fearless leader of our Business team and AWS veteran, Joe Minarik, Director, AWS Data Center Supply..

This episode is where the rubber meets the road, where the cloud meets the dirt. The data center growth strategy of every AWS region on the planet resides within Joe’s 120+ person team.

He brings us some cool stories from the early days at AWS going all the way back to 2005 when it was just an internal product for Amazon, to the launch of Asia Pacific, up to the present day. We also talk about what it takes to be successful at AWS, why it’s important to focus on your strengths, boating, race car driving, and making things better.

Joe shares his wealth of experience in the cloud computing space and his great approach to simply wanting to make things better. Instant classic.

Joe on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jominarik/

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