Mallika Iyer is a technology transformation leader who writes on technical strategy, productivity, Site Reliability and lessons learned while training K9-calibre german shepherds.
Uncertainty - this is on every one’s mind. When will the “wfh” end? When will things go back to “normal”? What is the new “normal”? Will “normal” fit? These things swirl around churning up a serious imaginary foam in my head, every day. How does one navigate uncertainty? Quite literally, this is a time when one could be very, very ill a few days from now. A trip to the grocery store is alive with…
Have you ever gone for a job interview or interviewed someone? (Image credit: cardstore) These are 6 tips that I culled over years of interviewing candidates and being interviewed as a candidate - 1. Don’t Judge. Seriously. Check your ego at the door and don’t make an incorrect assumption - and act on it. I once had a candidate assume that I was the office receptionist, and as I sat down to start…
March 8th was International Women’s Day, kicking off in 1914, to observe Women’s Right to Vote in Germany - something that did not come to pass until 4 years later. (Image Credit: YourQuote ) The day itself is of no special significance to me, personally - but the issue - celebrating women, is something that got me thinking - what have I done to deserve such a day? What have I - purely on the…
72 credits. 1.5 years. Full time job. Full time MBA schedule. 2 amazing but extremely active German shepherds. 3 hours of sleep every night. This was my life for the last year and half. As I was reminiscing on what I learnt from the experience, I figured I should capture it to sort my thoughts out, and learn and share my experience. (image credit: https://www.cartoonstock.com/ ) The first…
ca·reer kəˈrir/ noun an occupation undertaken for a significant period of a person’s life and with opportunities for progress.synonyms:profession, occupation, job, vocation, calling, employment, line, line of work, walk of life, métier"a business career" Career. The word evokes a sense of “work” , sometimes mundane drudgery- what does this mean? Does it symbolize purpose? Perhaps. Is it a…
Everywhere I turn - in the United States, due to my specific choice of career, I’m hit with “Girls who code // Women in tech // Girls who want to code” or something similar. This has started to highlight something that I find extremely disturbing. I find myself often singled out as the pink elephant in the room - for the wrong reasons. Before you, dear reader, jump to conclusions and write an…
When you learn programing, the first, and simplest thing you learn is how to write a stupidly simple program that spits out “Hello World!” onto the screen. This is my version of “hello world”. Everything here is protected by copyright, and you may NOT re-use it without first asking for permission, and if permission is given, without attributing it to the source , that is , myself.