Someone asked me this recently: You have 2 options: Work with a good boss, but the work is some boring stuff, or work on some interesting project, but the boss is not good. Which one would you choose? My mind jumped to all the boss-work combinations possible, see the picture. If I make this a … Continue reading Career Choice: Good boss or Good work?
Author: Mrityunjay Kumar
I am a technologist by profession and educationist by heart. Over last 20 years of my career across 3 countries, I have learned that everyday teaches you something new if you are willing to be an everyday learner. I write about my learning experiences so that I can learn better.
Product Manager, or Product Experience Manager?
In my last post Experiencing the product, or productizing the experience?, I talked about my experience with SiteZ and how their overall experience left much to be desired even though the core product was good enough. In this post, I will try to analyze things that went wrong which shouldn't have. Here are 5 things that … Continue reading Product Manager, or Product Experience Manager?
Experiencing the product, or productizing the experience?
About 6 months back, I saw a print advertisement from a well-known job portal (I will call it SiteZ): "Free webinar and live chat with well-known Mr. X". When I visited their site, they helpfully informed me that I need to be a registered user of their site (which meant I had to be someone … Continue reading Experiencing the product, or productizing the experience?
Why you should vote for Mrityunjay Kumar (IITDAA EC election, 2013)
When I received the following mail in my Inbox, I was excited: " Dear Alumni, We are glad to announce the elections of new members of the Executive Committee of IIT Delhi Alumni Association for the year 2013. It has been noticed that there is a very thin attendance in the AGM chaired by the Director … Continue reading Why you should vote for Mrityunjay Kumar (IITDAA EC election, 2013)
3 Pitfalls to avoid when creating resume
This post is a follow-up to my earlier post Creating Resumes that Work where I shared some tactics for creating purposeful resume. I review a large number of resumes every week - they come through 'Get Resume Review' section of our website (now closed), from Sunstone students, and from family and friends. I share my … Continue reading 3 Pitfalls to avoid when creating resume
Job Change – Changing Domains successfully
It is not easy to change your domain when changing jobs. A domain change may mean moving from a functional domain to another (say Banking to Real Estate, or semiconductors to internet) or moving from one discipline to another within the same functional domain (Developer to Product Manager, Support Engineer to Sales Person, etc.). In … Continue reading Job Change – Changing Domains successfully
Creating Resumes that work
An effective resume presents you in an impactful way and compels the reader to invite you to an interview. It also acts as a marketing brochure for the product YOU and presents the value you offer to a prospective 'buyer' (employer). Therefore, it is very important to construct this document carefully and provide right information … Continue reading Creating Resumes that work
Slicing Roles, Stifling Careers
Recently, I had an opportunity to meet many test engineers from a large IT services company. These were 0-5 years experienced engineers. Here are a few comments I heard multiple times: "I am in performance testing and I don't know about manual testing" "I only write automation scripts (execution and reporting is done by other … Continue reading Slicing Roles, Stifling Careers
3 good reasons to change job
In a previous post 3 bad reasons to change job, I presented 3 reasons which people usually give when changing jobs, but which are really bad reasons to do so. Subsequently, I was asked what are good reasons to change jobs, and hence this post. A job is a promise of fair exchange between you … Continue reading 3 good reasons to change job
Organization Politics – Tactics and other takeaways
This is the final post in the series about Organization Politics. In the first post Organization Politics – Truth or Myth, we presented some examples of situations which might be termed 'political' and proceeded to analyze these situations in more detail in the next post Organization Politics – Anatomy of Office Politics. In the last … Continue reading Organization Politics – Tactics and other takeaways
