In Your Shoes

Rana is an experienced systems thinker, engineer and designer. Today he runs the SAP Academy for Engineering grooming the next generation of engineers. In this podcast, we dive deep into thinking around systems and going beyond linear thinking, which Rana advocates as the building blocks for engineering in the coming years. The conversation goes around why Rana chose this career and what is his ad...

Frank Erwert is an experienced Agility Coach and helps organizations become better at collaboration and problem solving. In this episode, we discuss about the role of an Agile coach and how to run productive meetings in an online environment. We also talk about his experience supporting the teams to become self sufficient in collaborating with each other and what it takes to measure the impact of...

Jeevan Dongre is an experienced community builder and a startup founder. He co-founded and built the AWS community in Bangalore India for around 10 years. He is a technologist and has been a DevOps professional in his earlier life. We discuss about what it takes to build a thriving community in the technology space through networking and leadership. We also discuss Jeevan's new project to help org...

Rasagy is an accomplished information designer based out of Bengaluru in India. He shares his experiences navigating software engineering career from a programmer to designer. We talk about how design has changed over years including perception of people about design roles. Rasagy shares his professional life as a designer playing with data and the role of people skills in his career. We also talk...

Nistha Trehun is an independent business owner from Berlin, Germany helping people to become comfortable at cooking Indian food by going beyond typical recipes. She runs workshops on Airbnb and other platforms like The Makery for people around the world. She shares her unique journey and perspectives on running workshops, listening to customer feedback and breaking stereotypes. For those who want...

Sneha is an accomplished Product Manager who is working in a startup building Educational Tech products in Singapore. She made a transition from being a Software Engineer to a Product Manager some time ago, and has not looked back since. Her story is inspiring for those who want to make such a transition in their career. She also explains how being a mother made her a better Product manager who is...

Muireann is a consultant in international development in Private Sector and based in mainland Europe. She has a wide ranging experience and consulted on projects in East Africa, Madagascar, South East Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. She is well travelled and has been exposed to different cultures. We spoke on varied topics including affects of Covid19 on international development and freel...

Mikio works as a Staff Data scientist at GetYourGuide in Berlin. Before, he worked at Zalando as both a Principal Researcher on AI and ML related topics across the company and as an Engineering Manager for the search and recommendation teams. In this episode, Mikio shares his understanding of the field of AI, and the problems that a Data Scientist solves on a daily basis. He also shares his opinio...

Baran works as a Senior Product manager at TransferGo in Lithuania. Baran shares his journey as a product manager where he distils his learning around productivity, building consensus and speed of execution. In the podcast, we also discuss prioritization, time management and decision making as the critical skills for making a product manager successful. Baran focusses on identifying value to your...

André talks about his shift of focus from backend full stack to a frontend software engineer, and what it takes to become a software engineer today. He is well read, a deep thinker and has a vast experience in building software products for all size of organizations. The conversation took us to the era gone by where desktop apps reigned over the web applications, and André shares his understanding...

Ravishanker talks about his career shift from software developer to product designer and the trajectory of his experience that triggered that change. During the conversation, he shares what he learnt at School of Visual Arts, New York City about Interaction Design and the heroes of the industry that inspire him. The insightful conversation goes into detail about how product designer works and thei...

Abhishek Varier talks about his experience as a scrum master, sharing his wisdom about habits of listening, leading people and applying the Agile principles to remove the impediments of a product development team. Abhishek has diverse experience, is rich with wisdom and offers an interesting glimpse into this profession. His life lessons and strategies are useful for everyone who is navigating com...

Vinod Ramamoorthy talks about his experience as a product designer, sharing his thinking about design as a profession and offering words of wisdom for budding designers. Vinod is fun, rich with insights and provides a glimpse into the life that he created for himself and the experiences that brought him to his current stint.  You can reach Vinod on Twitter - @KaleidoBug “In Your Shoes” podcas...

This is the trailer of the Season 1 of "In Your Shoes" podcast.  “In Your Shoes” podcast is for you to learn more about new people and professions from around the world. I would like to take you on a journey to understand the life and times of a new person every 2 weeks, and get a chance to get in their shoes to learn what they do, how they do and why they do.  To learn more, please visi...

Dushyantsinh Jadeja talks about his experience as a program manager at Google Health India working to solve the problem of preventable blindness in patients suffering from Diabetes. He goes into detail about his life experiences that shaped his thinking and career outlook. You will also get to know more about the job of a Program Manager and their role in solving problems at scale. You can reach D...