Earlier this year in July which was Week 28 of the year, I hit the 39 book milestone. Now at the end of the year, I’m at 68 books and going strong. Everything in bold in the list below is what I’ve read since July. Obviously, I outperformed my goal of 52 books for theContinue reading “Reading summary for 2019”
Author Archives: Nikitha
Day 1 at KubeCon!
2019 was a big conference year for me. I kicked things off with VMworld US in San Francisco and followed up with VMworld EU in Barcelona. Both of these conferences were monumental because we announced Project Pacific at the keynote in San Francisco and did several deep-dive sessions in Barcelona. I spoke to over aContinue reading “Day 1 at KubeCon!”
The learning curve
One of the hardest parts about moving to the enterprise space, particularly one as complex as virtualization, was that I knew nothing about it. The farthest I had ever gotten was a class called Computer Organization and Architecture that was a pre-requisite in my sophomore year of college. I vaguely remember learning about instruction setsContinue reading “The learning curve”
ELI5 Project Pacific
I recently published a post on the official VMware vSphere blog that describes the architecture of the product (Project Pacific) my team has been working on for several years now, much before I even joined the company. I shared the link to the article on Twitter, Linkedin and other social media, and surprisingly enough, myContinue reading “ELI5 Project Pacific”
Tracking my goals through metrics
I have always maintained that people who keep meticulous records of their daily habits are serial killers or psychopaths à la Patrick Bateman. At the beginning of this year, I decided I wanted to keep an eye on my goals for the year in a more quantitative manner, and it was surprisingly easier than IContinue reading “Tracking my goals through metrics”
Influencer marketing
I happened to see the following tweet storm by Brianne Kimmel on Twitter and it got me thinking (spoiler alert: I agree with her). 1/ I'm calling it now, we'll see the end of influencer marketing this year. Brands are tired of working with influencers. Consumers are tired of seeing fake posts. Influencers are tiredContinue reading “Influencer marketing”
Learning from Robin Matlock
I spent two years of my life in business school, fell off the blog train, and have finally returned to the real world. I am now a product manager at VMware in Palo Alto, which is surreal when I think about it. I was drawn to Silicon Valley by the power of some invisible magnet;Continue reading “Learning from Robin Matlock”
Quantum Computing
Finishing the first year of my MBA at Anderson and starting an internship at one of the giants in Silicon Valley have so far served to make me more cynical than ever when it comes to innovation. It’s not like I was particularly optimistic to begin with, but now I visibly cringe when I hearContinue reading “Quantum Computing”
Vanity vs Sanity
I just read a great post by Dan Wolchonok at HubSpot about the impact of retention on user growth and revenue. At face value, this sounds pretty darn obvious, but really it isn’t until you see the models that you realize just how much of an impact this one metric can have on your product.Continue reading “Vanity vs Sanity”
Fake it till you make it
I recently met with my friend and former colleague, and over a few drinks we started talking about how our careers have panned out. While I’m fairly happy with what I’ve done so far, his trajectory has been extraordinary. When I asked him how he did it, he told me Perception is everything. He startedContinue reading “Fake it till you make it”