Rajiv Puranik, VP platform engineering and cloud operations at Vocera Communications & Sivaguru from PM Power Consulting are in conversation as Rajiv shares
- His professional experience with Twillio, Apigee, Yahoo before Vocera covering corporate, engineering roles as well as startups
- What developers should know, when building products, the ‘-ities’, beyond the algorithms
- A personal devops horror story How developers can have empathy of what happens after code is written
- Devops is the first line of defence, and engineers are the second line
- About differences in the safety net, depending on company size or areas of operation
- His tips for techies taking on leadership / managerial roles to be effective
- His mantra for scaling as a leader
- What the forced work from home implies for individuals and leaders in their approaches to work
- How one should move to a nurturing style, even if starting with a directive approach, to develop others
- Why quality is a business metric
- What is acceptable quality Making decisions when there is ambiguity
- The impact of AI in decision making and leadership responsibilities
- What he enjoys most about his career
- When it comes to career decisions, the one question everyone should ask themselves
Rajiv can be reached at https://www.linkedin.com/in/rajivpuranik/