Software People Stories

We welcome back a fellow PM Powerian, Vishu Hegde in conversation with Chitra where Vishu shares a flow of thoughts on  Connecting with organization vision with 2-steps removed Building a temple and laying bricks Principles of flow and identifying bottlenecks using flow metrics Understanding flow of work by visualization, metrics, work-in-progress & throughput Starting with mindset and structure t...

In this conversation, Sivaguru from PM Power Consulting talks to Sukumar, Co-Founder of Tiny Magiq, where Sukumar shares his stories about: His friend who inspired him to get into software How, on his first day at a client’s place, he did something totally unconnected - as he thought - to software His first lesson at work - attitude! What one can learn from working on a maintenance project How his...

In this conversation, Paramu shares his experiences on writing books with Sivaguru. Listen to this chat between 2 colleagues at PM Power Consulting covering Paramu's views on : Where ideas come from, or where he gets his inspiration on topics to write about Specific triggers for this two published books so far [and the third - a technical book - he is working on now] On writing sequels and if they...

Many stories play out in our lives. Listen to a lively chat between Sivaguru from PM Power Consulting and Yogesh Gupta, President and CEO of Progress Software, talking about - How he got into IIT How a joystick that got him into programming His early interest in AI Embedded code to Enterprise code Building a distributed relational database Building on something that he already knew, to get into co...

Episode: 4 decades in 2 phases Sub title: Consultant to Implementer In this conversation Sivaguru from PM Power Consulting is in conversation with his old friend Neelu (PK Neelakantan). Listen to their conversation as Neelu talks about: Two significant phases of his career Playing software development and business development roles A major personal decision to move base from India to the US An urg...

In this episode Jayaprakash JP, coach and consultant talks to Chitra from PM Power consulting about  - Being an engineer at heart & how his career began in the software industry, working in product & services organizations - Continuous rediscovery, love for learning, and curiosity - Building enterprise health applications - Experiencing different work cultures between services & product organizati...

This conversation between VK Kumar, a seasoned architect and Sivaguru from PM Power Consulting brings to light Kumar's narratives on The solid grounding that formal and structured training can give His initial work on one of the first globally successful products from India What he learnt about practical use of technology from a consulting role Becoming an architect What cross-over cables taught h...

In this conversation, Veena Ramagoplan, Co-Founder and Director of Inroads Leadership Development and Chitra from PM Power talk about Veena’s variety of experiences such as  Overcoming careless whispers and successfully leading a team of 50 sailors on a 250km trek Facing cultural experiences while handling global transitions Being exposed to people management at a very young age, handling the medi...

Listen to another interesting conversation between colleagues J Veeraraaghavan and Sivaguru from PM Power Consulting, as JV's shares his experiences on  Various role transitions in JV’s career and how he handled them The motivation to excel in the responsibilities he took up How his core strengths of communication, interface with people, being able to talk the language of the customer, being a goo...

Here's a conversation between Sairam and Sivaguru of PM Power consulting as they uncover facets of Sairam's journey from when he began working in film technology and film manufacturing to his extensive experience in software design and development. Sairam has worked alongside industrial engineers which helped him to learn, understand and associate his thinking with JIT, Lean, Kanban, BPR etc.  He...

Episode: Banana Peels and Monocultures Stories from an Agility Coach Listen to Viktor Cessan, agile coach, share his stories, in a conversation with Sivaguru from PM Power consulting, as Viktor talks about - How he got into software His first startup, even while he was in school Starting as a content handler Understanding the challenges of working with remote teams Using feedback to improve one’s...

In this episode, Gopal & Sivaguru from PM Power Consulting are in conversation as Gopal shares his rich experiences through several anecdotes based on  -  The first transition from an individual contributor to a ‘leader’ Understanding the style of letting others do work Managing peers and allowing your natural instincts to play a role How one can manage divergent priorities between individuals and...

In this episode, Chitra from PM Power Consulting is in conversation with Padmaja Narsipur, Founder and CEO of Clearly Blue Digital where she shares her journey and experiences on - - Starting a career in Software and how she became a tech writer. - Moving to being a solopreneur  - The Clearly Blue Story - Having to bring her career to a halt *& discover new things to do; - Free lancing and the ham...

In this episode of the Software People Stories, Visweswaran SK (also known as Viswes) and Sivaguru from PM Power Consulting uncover fascinating software experiences from Viswes around - How he started software development using punch cards Writing utilities for spooling printouts Exposure to database systems while working on a commercial application Developing a database system on SN computers Hac...

Listen to Hima Patel from IBM Research and Chitra from PM Power Consulting as Hima shares stories from her passion around artificial intelligence and machine learning through some fascinating experiences. She talks about - Building intelligence, beginning with a book Image processing experiments and fun with friends  Research and Software, partners in crime Invention & Innovation Data lakes, silos...

Listen to this conversation between Sridevi Devathi from HCL and Sivaguru from PM Power Consulting as they talk about Sridevi's career and journey around - How she started as a developer and then moved to quality Moving into estimation and setting up the estimation CoE Different generations of software architectures / models and various models for software development Some challenges that have con...

Joins us in listening to Paul Arieckal from Global Automation and Sivaguru from PM Power consulting as they have conversations around Paul's experiences in -  Learning the rigour of software development as computing resources were scarce Considering constraints at the time of design Making assumptions while designing applications: timetracker story Relevance of top down design in the age of cloud...

Vasu and Chitra, colleagues at PM Power Consulting are in a free wheeling conversation as Vasu shares myriad nuggets on - -  Starting his career in Tata Steel - Generating PLOP reports for management review (its in the podcast!) - Developing products at Wipro; from idea to product; building a cost effective project management product. - Secrets of MS Project & software development - Experiences fr...

In this episode, Mosesraj R, CIO & Head of Delivery Excellence at Brillio and Chitra from PM Power are in conversation as Moses shares stories on - Where his career began - Fundamental principles working across manufacturing and IT - Understanding the meaning of value to deliver the right solutions & build successful products - Managing customer expectations - Balancing the roles of CIO & delivery...

In this candid conversation Neeraja Ganesh, Head for JobsForHer foundation and Chitra Gurjar from PM Power Consulting, talk about Neeraja's experiences through her journey. She shares - Learning from whatever came her way as a means of growing and sustaining herself Discovering the power of asking Personal transformation from an introvert to being a confident communicator Process implementation to...

Anecdotes from heterogenous experiences. In this conversation Milind and Chitra, colleagues at PM Power Consulting are in a conversation as Milind shares his experiences on - - Curiosity and liking for computers, with an aptitude for software & a natural ability to write code.  - A love for deep learning. - Writing a pascal compiler, assemblers & deep insights into systems software - Interoperabil...

In this episode Veena Samartha, CEO of VeCrear Technologies is in a free flowing conversation with Chitra from PM Power consulting. She shares her experiences with - Developing technology from india with convergence of wireless tech & IoT - Having an inquisitive nature & experimenting v/s aquiring knowledge - Experiences building fault tolerant systems - Journey to entrepreneurship - Developing ot...

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In this episode of the Software Lifecycle Stories, PM Power colleagues, Sivaguru and A Narasimhan, also known as AN, explore several facets of AN's experiences that include -  * How he launched a startup with some friends * Innovative features by trapping OS interrupts * Importance of process orientation, even for small teams * Getting into techno marketing * Instilling or having a sense of owners...

Designing for the future, fulfilling today’s needs Welcome to this episode of the Software Lifecycle Stories. Sivaguru from PM Power Consulting is in conversation with Vandana Abraham, Head of Design at Atlassian, India. In this conversation she shares her perspectives on  * The difference between design and art * Aptitudes to be a designer * Bridging engineers and designers with empathy * Buildin...