What does it take to become a Googler - Aanshul Sadaria | Tech My Breath Away # 7
Aanshul Sadaria, SWE III at Google, Institute Gold Medalist at IIIT-H, First Inventor at Adobe, Speaker at 50+ events and a Mentor to 1000+ students talks to Abbhinav (123 of AI) and co-host Debayan (Microsoft), in this first of 2 part series!
The conversation delves around Aanshul’s journey - his initial struggles to achieving the batch gold medal, from failing at interviews to his current position at Google, his data analytics projects around Twitter Sentiment Analysis for elections as well as Traffic Challan Portals, dealing with imposter syndrome, and his growth mindset for dealing with challenges.
CELEBRATION: We just hit an all-time high rank of the No. 7 in Technology on the Apple Podcasts Charts!
AANSHUL REVEALS:
BEST MOMENTS:
"I was like - this doesn't make sense. I was happy for him, and, eventually, I was also happy for myself too (after some time)." - Anshul on his initial reaction to not getting the PPO at Adobe.
"The atmosphere of the office, the people in the team and the environment they create around you when you are joining a new team or a new company; that is important for how you can handle imposter syndrome." - Anshul on the importance of a supportive team environment.
"Some people call it arrogance, Some people call it attitude. Some people call it hard work as well. I don't know whatever it is, it has worked for me till now." - Anshul on his growth mindset and desire to continually learn and improve.
"I was tired so I went to sleep. I didn't wake up for my Uber interview and I was a teaching assistant as well." - Anshul on missing an interview due to exhaustion.
"It was kind of humbling experience for me and my family" - Anshul on the emotional reactions of his family when he received the Google offer.
ABOUT THE FOUNDER
Abbhinav Venkat, is the founder of 123 of AI, an ed-tech company enabling working professionals upskill in AI/ML. He is an entrepreneur, AI researcher, and podcaster. Prior to starting 123 of AI, he spent several years at multiple Silicon Valley startups as a Computer Vision Scientist. His academic career involved AI research at IIIT-H and Stanford University with several top-tier publications in BMVC, ICCV, ACPR. For his research, he was awarded Qualcomm’s Innovation Fellowship, felicitated by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), GOI, as well as invited for talks in 4 continents.
123 of AI’s official website: https://www.123ofai.com
LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/abbhinavvenkat
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