Recalling My College Life -

*CELEBRATION*
Tech My Breath Away Achieved an *all-time rank of the No. 7* in Technology on Apple Podcasts’ Charts!

*SUMMARY*
This is the first of a 2-part conversation where Abbhinav (123 of AI) and co-host Debayan (Microsoft) are in conversation with Aanshul Sadaria, SWE III at Google, Institute Gold Medalist at IIIT-H, First Inventor at Adobe, Speaker at 50+ events and a Mentor to 1000+ students!

The conversation delves around Aanshul’s journey - his initial struggles to achieving the batch gold medal, from failing at interviews to his current position at Google, his data analytics projects around Twitter Sentiment Analysis for elections as well as Traffic Challan Portals, dealing with imposter syndrome, and his growth mindset for dealing with challenges.

*TIMESTAMPS*
00:00 - Teaser
02:40 - Intro
03:51 - Journey into IIIT-H
05:15 - Shock on Day 1
07:20 - Only Competing, not Exploring!
08:10 - Working with PK   / ponguru  
09:00 - Coming on TV!
09:20 - Finally, the stars aligned!
11:15 - Journey to the Institute Gold Medal
14:00 - Getting caught while Copying!
14:20 - Crying and Revelations
16:45 - Elections 2019 - Analysis
20:00 - How big are Modi’s tweets?
22:50 - News Outlets
25:00 - Risk of being banned
26:30 - Mis-interpretation of IIT v/s IIIT-H
27:45 - Traffic E-Challans
30:00 - Scraping Vehicle Information from Government
34:00 - Traffic Violations during Ratha Yatra
35:00 - Building Systems
36:00 - Traffic Systems in Delhi
37:45 - Embarrassing Interview Story
43:30 - Priority for High CGPA folks
44:15 - Crime in Noida
44:45 - Insane Adobe Experience
51:10 - Imposter Syndrome
53:00 - Placements experience
53:45 - Advice from a friend
55:45 - The Google Interview
1:00:00 - Surprising my parents
1:01:00 - Stressful placement season
1:03:00 - After joining Google
1:07:00 - Arrogance? Attitude? Hard Work?
1:08:30 - Setting the right standards
1:09:10 - Upbringing in companies

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*GUEST LINKS (Aanshul Sadaria)*
LinkedIn:   / aanshulsadaria  
Twitter:   / aanshulsadaria  
YouTube: ‪@aanshul.sadaria‬

*BEST MOMENTS:*

"I was like - this doesn't make sense. I was happy for him, and, eventually I was also happy for myself too after some time." - Anshul on his initial reaction to not getting the PPO at Adobe.

"The atmosphere of the office, the people in the team and the environment they create around you when you are joining a new team or a new company that is really, really important for how you are able to handle imposter syndrome." - Anshul on the importance of a supportive team environment.

"Some people call it arrogance, Some people call it attitude. Some people call it hard work as well. I don't know whatever it is, it has worked for me till now." - Anshul on his growth mindset and desire to continually learn and improve.

"I was tired so I went to sleep. I didn't wake up for my Uber interview and I was a teaching assistant as well." - Anshul on missing an interview due to exhaustion.

"It was kind of humbling experience for me and my family" - Anshul on the emotional reactions of his family when he received the Google offer.

*ABOUT THE HOSTS*
123 of AI, Website: https://www.123ofai.com
LinkedIn:   / abbhinavvenkat  
Instagram Channel:   / aiwithabbhinav  

Abbhinav Venkat, is the founder of 123 of AI, an ed-tech company enabling working professionals upskill in AI/ML. He is an entrepreneur, AI researcher, and podcaster. Prior to starting 123 of AI, he spent several years at multiple Silicon Valley startups as a Computer Vision Scientist. His academic career involved AI research at IIIT-H and Stanford University with several top-tier publications in BMVC, ICCV, ACPR. For his research, he was awarded Qualcomm’s Innovation Fellowship, felicitated by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), GOI, as well as invited for talks in 4 continents.

Debayan Das, is an Applied Scientist at Microsoft, and an expert on recommendation systems. He attained his BTech in Computer Science from IIIT-H, where he found his love for Machine Learning. He is ever-curious, an avid traveller and a space geek.
LinkedIn:   / debayandas007  

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