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Software People Stories

PM Power Consulting

Stories of what worked and sometimes what did not, in the course of discovering, designing, developing and delivering software based solutions – as shared by practitioners who went through these situations.

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30:40

Social aspects of teamwork with Jutta Eckstein

Software People Stories ·

2022/11/14

In this episode, the conversation continues with Jutta Eckstein, an independent coach, consultant and trainer, based in Germany. In the first part, she shares-Her origin story as a product engineerTransition from an engineer to a coachThe importance of listeningWe continue the conversation with: In her initial explorations with organizations, one pattern she found isThe understanding for leaders to introspect and understand their own responsibilitiesThat it is not always only technical aspects, but

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26:41

Teaching, consulting and coaching with Jutta Eckstein

Software People Stories ·

2022/11/05

In this episode, Jutta Eckstein, an independent coach, consultant and trainer, based in Germany, shares Her origin story of starting as a product engineer, with an interest in software developmentStarted as a trained teacher and when the need for teachers dropped, went on to study product engineering and studying Pascal - and completely falling in love with software developmentAlso getting trained as pollution control commissioner, when she could move from street protests to actually working to keep

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26:13

Co-founder chemistry with Scott Ford

Software People Stories ·

2022/10/29

In the previous episode, Scott Ford, the co-founder and CTO of Corgibytes, a company focused on modernizing legacy code, sharedHis interest in legacy codePatterns he has seen evolve in solution development over the yearsUsing metaphors of archeology and home renovation in the context of understanding and breathing new life into old softwareAnd moreThis is the second part of the conversation with Scott Ford, where he sharesThe origins of his company corgibytes, with a focus on helping companies take

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31:40

Modernizing software with Scott Ford

Software People Stories ·

2022/10/22

In this conversation with Shiv, Scott Ford, the co-founder and CTO of Corgibytes, a company focused on modernizing legacy code, sharedHow he found his interest in legacy code after about 10 years of working in various roles and organizationsBeing given bugs to fix, in his early career - and after addressing them well, taking on more responsibilitiesDeriving joy in fixing code or refactoring more than just writing new featuresHaving a trigger moment while watching a PBS show on home improvement ‘This

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28:09

Building to learn with Dorai Thodla

Software People Stories ·

2022/10/15

This is part 2 of a repeat episode of one of my conversations, first published in 2019. Since then, we have crossed 200 episodes and the listenership has also grown.Some of you have been asking how you can know more about some of the topics covered in recent episodes.We felt that there could be related points shared by other guests in earlier episodes, but for new subscribers, it may not be easily discoverable.So, we thought that we would bring you select past episodes from time to time, to discover

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26:05

Technopreneurship with Dorai Thodla

Software People Stories ·

2022/10/07

This is a repeat episode of one of my conversations, first published in 2019. Since then, we have crossed 200 episodes and the listenership has also grown. Some of you have been asking how you can know more about some of the topics covered in recent episodes.I felt that there could be related points shared by other guests in earlier episodes, but for new subscribers, it may not be easily discoverable.So, we thought that we would bring you select past episodes from time to time, to discover more

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27:28

Starting up as a team with Yev Khessin

Software People Stories ·

2022/09/30

In part 2 of my conversation with, Yev Khessin, CTO and founder of DIMO (Digital Infrastructure for Moving Objects) - with a goal to ‘build something disruptive’, continues to share his story and shares his thoughts and experiences related toHow he decided to startup DIMOFinding a partner and picking a few use cases in the automotive space that need to be addressedThe experience of launching a company as a team - and why that was needed to address a large problem spaceGetting together during Covid,

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23:33

Helping Objects in Motion with Yev Khessin

Software People Stories ·

2022/09/23

In this episode, Yev Khessin, CTO and founder of DIMO (Digital Infrastructure for Moving Objects) - with a goal to ‘build something disruptive’, shares his thoughts and experiences related toStarting to code at a very young age and getting interested in carsDoing computer science in college and working in the automotive spaceMoving to Michigan and working across various departments - internal toolonigm product planning, handling recalls etcMoving to OnStar - in the connected vehicle spaceStarting a

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36:23

Following the money with Sam Fonoimoana

Software People Stories ·

2022/09/16

In this episode, Sam Fonoimoana, Founder and CEO of Datajoin – a B2B marketing analytics company, shares his thoughts and experiences related toGrowing up in Hawaii and California and studying at BYUChoosing business as a career in joining his Father in law’s export businessGetting into MBA to study FinanceStarting with a role to plan budgets and review progress with various departments in a publishing companyLearning to code, to get various reports to analyze data, as an analystHow he gets and

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29:56

Building respectful relationships with Ramesh Rajagopal

Software People Stories ·

2022/09/10

We continue our conversation with Ramesh Rajagopal, a coach at PM Power Consulting. In the first part he shared his origin story and also experiences of his childhood and career. In this episode, he continues to share more details about Leveraging his lean manufacturing experience to get into Agile approaches and becoming an Agile evangelistWorking in a company wide transformation planning processBeing summoned to the office one day,early morning - to be told that his position being made redundant,

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36:14

Shop Floor experience with Ramesh Rajagopal

Software People Stories ·

2022/09/03

This is part 1 of a 2 episode conversation. In this episode, Ramesh Rajagopal, a Coach at PM Power Consulting, shares his experience related toGrowing up in Madurai, a major temple town Learning Tamil, though his grandparents were from KarnatakaHis temple visits, on the way to school as well as on specific occasionsMoving to Bangalore and seeing the changes over the decadesPassing out as topper in his school for the SSLC gradeChoosing to switch colleges to study with his cousinDeveloping a talent -

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30:55

Riding the wave with K Ramkumar

Software People Stories ·

2022/08/27

In this episode, K Ramkumar, known as Ram or Kram - Director Product Mangement, Salesforce, in conversation with Gayatri shares Starting his passion in software in the way of coding Fortran in his alma matter BITS Pilani. Ram talks about starting in the software development working in small organisation in their ecommerce portals before moving into collaboration softwareWithin the span of 25 years Ramkumar has travessed the depths of collaboration, communication and security using cloud and data

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30:54

Lessons in work life harmony

Software People Stories ·

2022/08/19

We continue our conversation with Sowmya Gopalan and Ramya Gopalan, the first software twins to be featured on this podcast.In the first part they shared their origin story and also experiences of working in cutting edge technologies.We paused with a question on how they pay it forward to nurture young professionals.In this episode, Sowmya and Ramya continue to shareHow one might feel hesitant to approach colleagues or seniors, when starting on a careerNurturing the quality of giving space to others

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33:24

Cutting edge work with Sowmya Gopalan and Ramya Gopalan

Software People Stories ·

2022/08/12

First, our heartfelt thanks to all you listeners for the love you have shown and for permitting the Software People Stories to be part of your listening time over the last 200 weeks!Your wishes and encouragement is what has kept us going and will continue to do so.Thank youThis is a very special episode for the Software People Stories. This is the 200th episode.So, for this occasion, we have 2 guests - Sowmya Gopalan and Ramya Goplan - twin sisters, now working at two of the IT giants, doing leading

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39:49

Innovation, Incubation and starting up with Jani

Software People Stories ·

2022/08/06

This is the second part of the conversation with Janakiraman Srinivasan, known as Jani.In the first part, Jani spoke of his initial years in IT and the long career he had with Wipro. We ended that episode when it was a segue into his entrepreneurial roles.In this episode,Jani continues to share more stories related to The startup bug that led him to be a co-founder of MindtreeGetting an international experience, and the tech boom and startup culture in the silicon valley creating a strong

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27:38

Learning from new roles with Janakiraman (Jani)...

Software People Stories ·

2022/07/29

In this episode, Janakiraman Srinivasan, known as Jani - an IT industry veteran, in conversation with Shiv shares His childhood days in Kumbakonam, Tamil NaduHis Bachelors from REC Trichy and Masters from IIT Madras and getting into Wipro as a campus recruitee as Employee # 3 His father’s role in getting him good educationThe experience of being among the first employees in a newly launched company in a truly entrepreneurial environmentSetting up an R&D team and activity in Bangalore and then

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44:27

Employee #1 experience

Software People Stories ·

2022/07/24

In this episode, Victor Jayakaran- shares his story and experiences related to:His graduation from the Madras Institute of Technology and post graduation from the Indian Institute of ScienceGetting a campus placement at ITI and applying for a job with ISROOn his guide NJ Rao’s suggestion, choosing to join a small and growing company, WiproJoining Wipro in August 1979 and starting work at an IISc labBeing part of the team that decided what systems to go forWorking on technology transfer, with a view

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23:53

Startup founders formula with Sai Krishna

Software People Stories ·

2022/07/16

In this episode, Sai Krishna, a serial entrepreneur, who calls himself a metaverse plumber, loves creating interesting applications based on emerging and maturing technologies. In this conversation, he sharesHow a decentralized squad model, working with local partners and having an engineering focus for differentiation would help scale and localize, as neededHow to build an organization to realize the vision of the foundersCadence of 2 weeks or 12 weeks, multi-skilled squadsWillingness to learn and

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24:38

Plumbing for the metaverse with Sai Krishna

Software People Stories ·

2022/07/09

In this episode, Sai Krishna, a serial entrepreneur, who calls himself a metaverse plumber, loves creating interesting applications based on emerging and maturing technologies. In this conversation, he sharesHis adventures and misadventures in ITHailing from a south Indian family that emphasized educationMoving to Bangalore to continue his education in RV CollegeHis attraction to build products, more with an intention of having fun in doing itHis first product in the education spaceUnderstanding the

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38:55

Finding solutions with self reliance with Usha

Software People Stories ·

2022/07/01

In this episode, Usha from PM Power Consulting is in conversation with Chitra and shares her 3 plus decades of experience in software and technology around -Working at Raman institute for 10 years, her first exposure to computing A research institute expects you to do your own learning, but of courseWriting programs for 'astronomical' data analysis and structures of crystals in pascal & Fortran, Finding logic was easy, testing with missing data and reconstructing it was challengingBecoming

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