I'm incredibly blessed in that I’m surrounded by amazing people. My friends, mentors, peers, and more consistently build me up and help me grow. I’m very lucky to have built strong connections with everyone listed here.
Of course, it would be impossible for this list to be exhaustive. If you’re reading this looking for particular skill-sets and personalities, it may be better to reach out to me. I’d be happy to recommend anyone I know.
Sanjana is my is my partner and teammate. We share the same joy in growing connections with others. She’s the ultimate homie, but will check you if you’re on some nonsense.
Sanj is currently working at Intuitive Surgical as a Product Manager on the digital team.
She’s awesome, I’m so lucky to be so close to her.
Shashaank and I met as coworkers and became close before we got laid off, and became best friends. He’s always scolding me to be less hard on myself and take rest
Shashaank is currently working at Google as a designer on the Chrome iOS team at the time of writing.
He is also a fantastic chef, incredibly funny and always finds fantastic desi and media artists to recommend.
Sanika and I became besties over the internet, we’ve only met irl a few times! She’s often the catalyst of my emotional growth, especially in relationships.
Sanika is a CPA Financial Analyst currently at MongoDB. She’s very ambitious and will climb the ranks into the C-suite one day.
She also loves to travel - highly recommend talking to her about how to visit the world as a women if no one will go with you.
Krisna is my cousin, but more like big bro as he practically taught me how to think over 10 years of FaceTiming. He inspires me to take career risks and build companies.
Radhika and I are two peas in a pod, best friends from uni days. No one fills up life like her, but I'm a close second. She inspires me to use my time well and stay active.
Radhika is a Lighting Designer at LS Group.
She also dances and teaches dance (Bollywood) on the side. Reach out to her if you’re in the social media Bollywood dance community!
I met Chris and Spencer travelling to Iceland for an entrepreneurship course where we bonded over startups and strategy. We talk regularly and help each other with various career problems we’re facing - 3 brains are better than one!
Chris is currently working at a VC firm overseeing one of their portfolio companies. He often has ongoing side projects + business ventures, probably the most ambitious of us three.
Spencer is currently a Project Development Manager for Campus Energy Partners but I think will make a great COO one day.
I still remember the day I convinced Abid to study Computer Engineering. Throughout school we did tons of activities together + to this day he’s a thoughtful advice-giver.
Abid is currently a PM at Notable, he’s great at breaking down problems by asking questions.
Celine and I became friends through Radhika, we’re proof of my transitive-friends property theory. She’s instrumental in helping me understand true empathy as a product-thinker.
Celine is a thoughtful UX designer at Sun Life Financial. The diversity of her work experience prior to UX design is impressive and telling of how she’s able to relate to people as a designer.
There are so many more friends than this short list. Valeriia, James, my mom, Krishna, Verna, the list goes on and will never stop growing.
Updated: Oct 2022