Product Thinking with Harish Achappa

Description

In this episode, Harish Achappa KM shares

Choosing mechanical engineering as a subject of study and getting into TCS engineering services
Working on valves and compressors
Getting into programming as part if his work
The experience of having a paid vacation in Italy!
How his interest in programming developed after starting to use C, C++ as a hobby
Noticing differences in projects done at client locations v/s in India
Working directly with users and feeding off the energy based on common questions
Getting quicker feedback
Understanding that some of the work cannot be done remotely
Avoiding assumptions and getting clarifications in context
Requesting to work in a development project
Getting an opportunity to work on a public infrastructure project
Learning the value and benefit of parametrization while programming
Taking some time to find his feet in a fully software coding role
His experience of taking up a product manager role, enabled by his ability to ask a lot of clarifying questions
On product thinking, even for an enterprise solution
His career advice
Curiosity and willingness to learn: drive
Consolidating the learnings
Taking the responsibility for one’s frustrations
Are you motivated to build, generate ideas or both

Harish is a product manager with over 23 years of experience; he has been a developer, boot-strapped a firm and been a consultant.