Software People Stories

Software People Stories

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.

Episodes

January 17, 2025 27 mins


I continue my conversation with David G. Ewing, CEO of Motiv. I asked David about how he thinks AI based approaches are likely to impact the customer experience.


  • He shares how this can be used as a powerful tool to improve customer experience.
  • He also talks about his new vent...
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I am in conversation with David G Ewing, CEO of Motiv. In this first part of the conversation, David talks about:

  • His initial days in Detroit, where he grew up
  • Meeting the CEO of Oracle, Larry Ellison and how that influenced some of his later decisions in choosing the area of work
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January 4, 2025 23 mins

I continue my conversation with Gorkem Ercan, founding Distinguished Engineer and CTO of Jozu. Gorkem has experience working and leading teams with various technologies ranging from building IDEs, to building mobile phones, and CI/CD systems. He is an avid contributor and supporter of open source.


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I am in conversation with Gorkem Ercan, founding Distinguished Engineer and CTO of Jozu. Gorkem has experience working and leading teams with various technologies ranging from building IDEs, to building mobile phones, and CI/CD systems. He is an avid contributor and supporter of open source.


In this conversation, Gorkem talks about:<...

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I continue my conversation with Sophia Willows, the Head of Engineering at Rye, an a16z-backed developer tools startup making APIs for online commerce. 

At Rye, Sophia shapes the technical direction of the company and is responsible for building a high-performance engineering culture.


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Today, I am in conversation with Sophia Willows, the Head of Engineering at Rye, an a16z-backed developer tools startup making APIs for online commerce. At Rye, Sophia shapes the technical direction of the company and is responsible for building a high-performance engineering culture. She is a software engineer from New Zealand, shares her journey into the tech industry.

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In today’s episode we have Chitra in conversation with Lekha Bajpai where she shares –

  • Tech veteran of 30 plus years
  • Started her career in Calcutta with Deep Tech across many sectors like manufacturing, commercial apps, engineering aps and supply chain
  • Inspired by her father to study ...
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In today's episode we have Chitra in conversation with Lekha Bajpai where she shares -

  • Tech veteran of 30 plus years
  • Started her career in Calcutta with Deep Tech across many sectors like manufacturing, commercial apps, engineering aps and supply chain
  • Inspired by her father to study ...
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Shiv continues his conversation with Greg Foster, Cofounder and CTO of graphite.dev.


Greg shares

AI's Role in Code Review:

  • AI as a Code Reviewer: AI can identify simple bugs, stylistic is...
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In this episode Shiv is in conversation with Greg Foster, Cofounder and CTO of graphite.dev.

This is the first part, Greg talks about


His Journey into Software:

  • Early Days: Started coding...
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November 8, 2024 36 mins

This Episode marks six years of the podcast ! Thanks to all your love and support.

In today's conversation we have all our three hosts Sivaguru Gayatri and Chitra reflecting their own personal and professional S-curves .

They also ideate on what could be coming up next for the podcast.

Happy listening!!

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November 2, 2024 27 mins

In this episode, Gayatri is in conversation with Santana Krishnan.(SK)

SK talks about

How he started building his own self from the educational perspective in Kochi.

Built his firm for independent organization which was creating early wins using agile as a way of working

Moving to ThoughtWorks and then currently consulting with many organizations' in the advisory capacity as well as executive coach.

How these leaps of faith during vario...

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October 28, 2024 33 mins

Today Gayatri is in conversation with Srini on his personal and professional s-curves, where

  • He talks about his multiple decades of career span across geographies.
  • He talks about S-curves that failed and succeeded.
  • He also constantly gives a very good framework of thought processes on how you have to think. When you move up the ladder.
  • He covers around why, what is the intention behind choosing the next level , the effort it needs ...
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October 19, 2024 42 mins

In this thematic  conversation on S-curves, I am in conversation with my colleague and Coach at PM Power, Mohan Ram..

In this conversation, Mohan touches upon various topics, including:

  • S Curves in Personal and Professional Life
  • Cons...
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October 12, 2024 33 mins

In this thematic  conversation on S-curves, I am in conversation with my colleague and Coach at PM Power, Anantha Natarajan. 

In this conversation, Anand, as he prefers to be called, shared various significant S-curves in his personal and professional life including

  • Decision to enter...
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October 4, 2024 40 mins

In this thematic  conversation on S-curves, I am in conversation with my colleague and  Coach at PM Power, Gopalan.

In this conversation, Gopal shares:some Specific S-Curves:

  • Transitioning from Home to Hostel: Read more
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September 27, 2024 41 mins

In this thematic  conversation on S-curves, I am in conversation with my colleague, Coach and serial author, Paramu Kurumathur.

In this conversation, Paramu shares some specific S-Curve in his life:

  • School Change: Moving from Trivandrum ...
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I continue my conversation with Ben Johnson, the CEO of Particle 41, a company that provides fractional CTO services, software development, data science, data engineering, and AI solutions

In this part, Ben talks about:

  • The importance of user adoption for successful technology implem...
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I am in conversation with Ben Johnson, the CEO of Particle 41, a company that provides fractional CTO services, software development, data science, data engineering, and AI solutions

Some of the highlights from the conversation are:

  • How he started programming on the Commodore 64
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September 9, 2024 28 mins

I continue my conversation with Douglas Ferguson, an entrepreneur and human-centered technologist. He is the president of Voltage Control, a facilitation academy that develops leaders through various programs.

In this part of the conversation, Douglas shares his story related to:

  • Vol...
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