Category: Product Management

Saying “Hello, old friend” to Statistics and Analytics

There’s a reason I chose Statistics to be no. 10 and the first one in this countdown. When you want to enter the world of data science, you realize very quickly that you can do nothing without the concepts of statistics being clear in your head. The University of Texas at Dallas obviously understood this […]

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AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate – My First Technical Certification

A few months ago when I Googled “top IT certifications”, almost every list mentioned AWS Solutions Architect Associate as one of the exams worth taking. It was only a few weeks ago that I decided to actually go ahead with it. To start preparing, I took the 4-Saturday workshop organized the Computer Science department at […]

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Grasping at Straws

As I am all set to enter the final semester of my Masters degree, I am feeling extremely anxious. While most people are concerned about finding a full-time job in a state or company of their preference, for me that thought is still miles away. My immediate concern is how much I know as a […]

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Fall Internship, Certifications and The Roadway to Graduation

After 6 months at my first job in the United States, I decided to move on and pursue other avenues. I have several exciting academic projects and certifications lined up over the next few months. My facial recognition robot using Raspberry Pi, Python and OpenCV is almost done. I am preparing to appear for PMP […]

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My First Job in The United States

So, amidst all the chaos of studies, cultural events, theatre, travel and Netflix, I landed an internship in summer 2019 at an impressive company iCode. As it happens, this is my first job in The United States and I am having quite an enriching experience. I have tried spell it out in this LinkedIn post […]

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616 Days To Go

Use of Data Science in Solar Desalination – that’s what I had in mind when I landed in the United States of America on July 27, 2018 to study Business Analytics. About 4 months into it, I have had the opportunity to meet some amazing people, take a weekend trip to Austin, perform in a […]

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Beginning Data Science: A New Journey

For over a decade now, I have chased the dream of becoming a Bollywood star. It has been an amazing ride full of ups and downs. There have been some minor breakthroughs but nothing significant enough for me to make a living out. So, while this journey as an aspiring Bollywood actor has taught me […]

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Quit acting? Not yet…

When I named this blog ‘Chasing my only dream’, I was being honest. It really was my only dream. Yes, I am saying WAS. Things have changed in the past couple of years and in my journey so far, I have reached a point where I have picked up other interests, other skills, other DREAMS! […]

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2 States is done.. Now what??

I was sitting on the couch at my place in Andheri. It was 3 in the afternoon and I realized that my life had returned to being pretty much the same as it was before I shot for 2 states. Most part of my day was being spent just lying around doing nothing. This bothered […]

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Two ad films as Assistant Director…

I grabbed the shoot board that I had prepared the previous night, and met Karan and Nikhil at 4.30 in the morning. We reached the BPCL colony at Chembur at 5.15am. We were the first ones to arrive followed by the Production team, the art department, the costumes and finally, the DOP, director and actors. […]

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