You can do technical writing to boost your brand. You can review technology and trends. You can shape opinions and possibilities. You can influence adoption of new products and services even if your day job is something else.

Technical writing is a full time profession too, for many.  The average annual american wage for a technical writer is 75K. For every 15 or so coding jobs, there is a technical writer. It could be you.

Nibu Thomas' talks about how you can prepare for this.  Practical and down-to-earth meets creativity and expressed passion in Nibu. He is an associate director at WhatFix - a startup that provides bolt-on in-app digital experiences to ease technology challenges in the enterprise world.

You don't have good teachers. Your classmates are simply not interested. You can't find a project to do.  Are you facing these challenges?

Many tier-2  colleges have indifferent education where talent and passion are stifled.

You can build your own path forward, out of this,  by joining and contributing to open source projects.  Harsh Bardhan Mishra shows you the way, based on his own experience of last 1 1/2  years.

Harsh also recommends you check out - https://stackoverflow.blog/2020/08/03/getting-started-with-contributing-to-open-source/ - to get started.

Many students, give up on being a passionate engineer without even trying, after the disappointment of not getting into an IIT. 

They do not realize that scoring marks in a competitive exam is not the same as being a good engineer and being valued for solving real problems creatively. 

If you're in a tier two college and you want to be at par with an IIT pass out at the end of four years...

if you are in mechanical, because you did not get computer science and you want to be ready for a software engineering job at the end of four years...

You can do so by forming a community of like-minded passionate friends in your college and moving forward as a group. Together, you can do much more.

We have with us Kaushik Balasundar today. He's just finishing his engineering. While studying, Kaushik formed a community around learning ROS (robot operating system). It is a bit tough to get started on. Then they participated in the international conference on intelligent robots and systems and other competitions by building many different robots.

They won awards and it reinforced their confidence. Now Kaushik is headed to Carnegie Mellon university for his masters in robotics. 

Above all Kaushik is a great engineer right out of college. 

Have you ever been so angry that you went out of control? Forget colleagues, you almost did not care for the boss either. Do you want to fix this? Then you should explore EQ.

EQ stands for Emotional quotient and we will be exploring it in this podcast. Today we have with us SriVibhav Balaram. 

Vibhav is a people's person and he puts himself in your shoes. This is his secret to being a very capable and successful manager. He is the Managing Director and General Manager for Vocera Communications.

EQ begins  with self awareness and helps anyone to manage her own self better. From there it extends to social awareness of others at an emotional level and  helps you manage relationships with other in much better ways.

Someone who works with authenticity and humility and listens well to others, is already on the path to harnessing the power of EQ. Listen on for more ..

 We have with us - Sheenam Ohrie.  She is the Vice President of Dell Digital Services Online. Prior to this, she has worked in very senior management roles in Dell, Infosys and SAP labs also.
 
 Sheenam started her career as a fantastic technical engineer and has rapidly risen through the ranks with her vision and leadership.
 
She talks to us about Imposter Syndrome.

Imposter Syndrome is a sense of doubt or inadequacy that gets to even the most competent and capable of people.  It can prevent us from sharing our ideas,  building our network or looking for opportunities.

Today we are looking to understand how it plays out and what we can do to tackle it. 

Saurabh Kale is a young HR Leader on the rise.  

He is here to speak about how to shape your brand and online presence, when you are just getting out of college. 

Saurabh is passionate about helping others learn and do their best. This is his passion. And if you listen between the lines today’s podcast episode is also about living your passion. 

Learning for Saurabh did not stop when he passed out of college. Over 15 years he has added 18 Certifications to his credit and the list of his admirers on Linkedin is incredibly long. They admire him, because he cared and he served. 

Saurabh shares 3 stories about himself.  His first story is about finding your mojo. 

His second story is from a lesson he learnt early on. If you ask, you will get it. If you keep it to yourself, then people will never know what you are looking for. 

His final story is about putting it out there when you are operating from a place of passion, and using both online and offline opportunities. 

Enjoy!

Looking for a job or doing well at work is not easy. There are many failures and rejections to overcome along the way. Sundara Nagarajan joins the conversation to talk about resilience, deep work and learning to fail better. He is the Managing Director of Innovation Scaleup Advisors, and a champion at running the long distance race. 

Many years ago when he passed out of IIT, he did not stop learning. He in fact, took it upon himself to dive deeper into technology than anyone else around him. SN is no stranger to persistence, be it across businesses he has created or  be it across helping others. He has taught for 17 years at IIIT Bangalore out of a long-term commitment to helping others succeed. 

Sreekanth Prabhu is a Professor and Head of Department at CMR Institute of Technology, Department of Information Science and Engineering. He joins the conversation today to demystify the path to higher education, in India and abroad. 

If you are in college or have been working for a few years and have wondered if you should go for higher studies — this episode is for you. The conversation today addresses questions like — what are the different options, how do they differ, which is the right one for me, and many more!

Rashmi Utnal is the Global People Operations Manager at Workspan and has worked in HR for nearly 15 years. A good many of these years she has hired people from campuses for many  different roles.

She joins the conversation today to give tips on how to make your resume, how to prepare for interviews, and how to keep a positive mindset while job hunting. If you're looking for a new opportunity, this episode is for you!