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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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44: A Technologist at Heart

Software People Stories ·

2019/09/28

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 completely new areas, such as marketing His thoughts on ‘AI in everything’ How technology can be

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44:15

43: 4 Decades in 2 Phases

Software People Stories ·

2019/09/19

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 urge to do something on his own About losing the job at the time of the dot com bust About an environment

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44:16

42: Re-Discovery and Agility

Software People Stories ·

2019/09/11

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 organizations - Co-discovering & co-developing customer needs in a VUCA environment with inclusivity &

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42:57

41: Everything comes around

Software People Stories ·

2019/09/05

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 him Challenges of working in a distributed team Making meetings effective through a practice of

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44:59

40: Transformation Stories

Software People Stories ·

2019/08/29

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 media glare, and being in the Limca book of records The importance of self belief & responding with action

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29:16

39: Confidence and Constant Learning

Software People Stories ·

2019/08/23

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 good listener helped in getting new responsibilities and challenges Learning on the job Realizing that an

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46:19

38: Photo Processing to Product Management

Software People Stories ·

2019/08/15

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 has adopted IID [Incremental and Iterative Development] – (unknowingly) as early as 1994, to turn around

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37: Banana peels and monocultures

Software People Stories ·

2019/08/08

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 style of working How learning from others fueled the desire to share Connecting with the organization or

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31:05

36: A Life Full of Stories

Software People Stories ·

2019/08/02

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 team aspirations Significance of opening up and talking Managing customer expectations Managing one’s

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40:30

35: An Inevitable Entrepreneur

Software People Stories ·

2019/07/25

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 hamster wheel - Self management & time management - Discipline of free lancing to enjoy flexibility - What

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45:47

34: Databases and Digital Newbies

Software People Stories ·

2019/07/18

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 Hackathon like approach for the dev team Learning to work within 256 kB! DECUS-C compiler: a community

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47:40

33: Dreaming Wild, Applying AI

Software People Stories ·

2019/07/12

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, federations and marts - making sense for business Languages of business and analytics, working

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35:21

32: Estimation and Planning

Software People Stories ·

2019/07/04

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 continued to bother teams over the last couple of decades related to estimation Relevance of historical

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40:34

31: Engineering Software to Software Engineering

Software People Stories ·

2019/06/27

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 and microservices Trimming the footprint of an application from 2 GB to less than 200 MB Drawing

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30: Observation and Detail Orientation

Software People Stories ·

2019/06/21

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 from product development & finding ways to gain customer insights - How he stayed at companies for long

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44:56

29: Digital Journeys

Software People Stories ·

2019/06/17

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 excellence head - Some tips to enable digital transformation - A back to the future retrospective Moses

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43:37

28: Emerging from our cocoons

Software People Stories ·

2019/06/07

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 suit different functions Being uncomfortable with comfort in a role & using her strengths to play

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43:04

27: Of Pascal, programming and performing systems

Software People Stories ·

2019/05/30

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 - Interoperability between proprietorial systems & other heterogeneous environment challenges. - Customer management by

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26: Thoughts and Things

Software People Stories ·

2019/05/24

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 other capabilities to run a company - Facing dilemmas of market forces v/s delivery capabilities and the

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25: Experiments & Discovery

Software People Stories ·

2019/05/16

The Software Lifecycle Stories, brought to you by PM Power Consulting, has come quite some way since the first episode was published. This is a special episode dedicated for our listeners from us saying, "Thank you for tuning into our show!" To help us continue to bring engaging episodes, we would like to hear from you. Please spare about 5 minutes to respond to our [survey](https://forms.gle/gS4t9p9gvH5kySyAA) OR If you wish to record your feedback, please attach your recorded message and

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