Here is part-2 of my reflections and insights gained through the incredible journey of starting, building, and launching Amazon Q Developer. Reflections and insights from my 3yr journey (part 1). I was planning to talk about “team” but before that, have one more. 6/ Think bigger and question status quo on behalf of the customer. […]
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Reflections and insights from my 3yr journey (part 1)
My journey with Amazon Q Developer began precisely 3yrs ago when Mukul recommended that I speak with Ganesh and Sandeep about a confidential AI-based service for developers. Entirely uncertain about its implications, I joined the team on August 2nd, 2021, with 3 developers, and 9 more set to join a week later. As they say, the rest is history. This has been an […]
trillion-dollar coach – by Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg, Alan Eagle
Book about Bill Campbell – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Campbell_(business_executive) there are many good books on leadership and management and remembering an entire book is not possible. for each book I read, I make notes (cheat sheet) and catalog them here. not an editorial / opinion piece, but bullet point list of what’s in the book. 2nd post in […]
radical candor – by Kim Scott
book written from a manager POV there are many good books on leadership and management and remembering an entire book is not possible. for each book I read, I make notes (cheat sheet) and catalog them here. not an editorial / opinion piece, but bullet point list of what’s in the book
What would Greta do?
Minimalism and Environmental impact Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images It just felt wrong and something to be ashamed of, after reading Why Greta Thunberg is the Person of the Year and looking at what we are doing to our planet. How much more do we want a 16-year old do? What Greta says is very true — “governments […]
Taking photos was once expensive, browsing them was an experience
Before the advent of digital cameras and smart phones, there was a world of reels, dark rooms, physical albums and real photographers with skill. With photography going digital, everyone is a photographer. The experience I grew up with, of browsing photos in an album is lost, even more so because of below issues. #1) Photos […]
2yrs after joining Amazon…
I joined Amazon in 2017 for two reasons — (1) To work on new business and technology (that I never worked on in the last 16years of my career) and (2) be a part of the Amazon family given how Amazon’ified my life has become — I use Prime, Prime Now, Subscribe & Save, Credit card, Video, IMDB, Drive, […]
Until Elon Musk takes over the world…
Until Elon’s cars 100% self-drive, and/or until his boring company builds underground tunnels all over, humans will be responsible for driving and with increasing traffic, thanks to public transportation in US and India, it is imperative that we stop getting distracted while driving. When did it all start and how? In 2015, after my son […]
Evolution of personal communication (sure missing some milestones) Apes communicated in sign and sound language (which meant they were physically next to each other) Prehistoric humans followed the ape style Then developed language to communicate (during this time, physical presence was needed) Humans figured out remote communication through messengers (this obviously was possible after humans […]
