United States

Platform Product Management

Back-end

Data Engineering

Technical writing

Development Operations

Design Systems

Systems Design

University of Houston

Viswanathan Ranganathan

Senior Distributed Systems Engineer

Speaker profile

Referrals

Public Speaking

Product strategy

Communication

Problem-solving

Time management

Critical-thinking

Empathy

Presentation skills

Leadership

Cloud computing

Database management

Integration Testing

Unit Testing

Apache Spark

ChatGPT

Databricks

Docker

GitHub

Java

Jira

Confluence

gRPC

REST API

Redis

PostgreSQL

Kafka

Cursor

Trello

Team player

Introduce yourself, define mentoring expectations and goals. Learn and grow together.

General mentorship

Making remote and globally distributed teams work for you and your needs.

Working remotely

Learn essential burnout prevention techniques and replenish physical and emotional energy.

Managing burnout

Talk to people who have learned to manage their imposter syndrome.

Dealing with imposter syndrome

Understanding factors that lead to a motivated team - recognition, communication and more.

Keeping team members motivated

How to create a positive workplace culture that drives collaboration and productivity?

Fostering a good team culture

How to determine what is a good balance of skill sets for your organization's needs

Building balanced teams

How to identify star candidates, evaluate technical ability, and close hires

Hiring software engineers

Strategies for maximizing your design internship or co-op program.

Getting the most out of my internship

How to successfully prepare and position yourself for a job promotion?

How to get promoted

How to ask for a promotion and negotiate for salary raise?

Negotiating a job offer

How to think about design career paths and what progression looks like for designers?

Design career path

Get actionable feedback on your resume or portfolio.

Resume and portfolio review

How to define and execute a successful launch and managing stakeholders expectations. (eg. MVP)

Launching new products or features

Methods of prototyping and solution validation. When to use which kind of prototype (eg. Webflow, Notion, etc)

Prototyping methods and tips

Manage team expectations and get the most out of your meetings.

Running effective meetings

Learn how to properly present your work and share ideas and opinions.

Presenting your work with impact

Navigating the working relationship with PM's and engineers as a designer.

Working with product and engineering

Ways to provide constructive feedback to team members.

Giving effective feedback

Tips on how to work and collaborate with engineers and developers.

Working with engineers

Best practices for documenting projects, epics, and stories

Writing product requirement documents

My team empowers teams to push their software that makes content reach your devices!

Viswanathan Ranganathan🇺🇸

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