good evening ladies and gentlemen I’m here today to
here today to
here today to share with you my journey my journey as
share with you my journey my journey as
share with you my journey my journey as an educator my journey as a person who’s
an educator my journey as a person who’s
an educator my journey as a person who’s been in the corporate for a while I’ve
been in the corporate for a while I’ve
been in the corporate for a while I’ve been an educator for a long time
been an educator for a long time
been an educator for a long time 18 years okay I have taught MBA students
18 years okay I have taught MBA students
18 years okay I have taught MBA students in various institutions and I thoroughly
in various institutions and I thoroughly
in various institutions and I thoroughly enjoyed the process of being a
enjoyed the process of being a
enjoyed the process of being a passionate teacher it comes naturally to
passionate teacher it comes naturally to
passionate teacher it comes naturally to me and then something happened after in
me and then something happened after in
me and then something happened after in 18 years when my kids were very small
18 years when my kids were very small
18 years when my kids were very small the school where I was teaching moved
the school where I was teaching moved
the school where I was teaching moved away far from the city it went into the
away far from the city it went into the
away far from the city it went into the outskirts and I had to take a decision I
outskirts and I had to take a decision I
outskirts and I had to take a decision I had to take a decision of a career move
had to take a decision of a career move
had to take a decision of a career move and fortunately by circumstances I was
and fortunately by circumstances I was
and fortunately by circumstances I was pushed into the corporate world so at
pushed into the corporate world so at
pushed into the corporate world so at the age of 40 for the first time I got a
the age of 40 for the first time I got a
the age of 40 for the first time I got a corporate break I got a corporate break
corporate break I got a corporate break
corporate break I got a corporate break as a product manager in an IT company
as a product manager in an IT company
as a product manager in an IT company till then I was just used to teaching
till then I was just used to teaching
till then I was just used to teaching product management from a textbook
product management from a textbook
product management from a textbook alright and here I was thrown into a
alright and here I was thrown into a
alright and here I was thrown into a situation of being a real-time product
situation of being a real-time product
situation of being a real-time product manager and the designation much to my
manager and the designation much to my
manager and the designation much to my agony was technical product manager I
agony was technical product manager I
agony was technical product manager I had a BA in economics and MBA and PhD in
had a BA in economics and MBA and PhD in
had a BA in economics and MBA and PhD in marketing I was hardly technical so I
marketing I was hardly technical so I
marketing I was hardly technical so I didn’t know what I was getting into when
didn’t know what I was getting into when
didn’t know what I was getting into when I went into the corporate world the
I went into the corporate world the
I went into the corporate world the person who recruited me okay
person who recruited me okay
person who recruited me okay unfortunately for me went into a heart
unfortunately for me went into a heart
unfortunately for me went into a heart surgery when I joined the company and I
surgery when I joined the company and I
surgery when I joined the company and I had no one to guide me on what I was
had no one to guide me on what I was
had no one to guide me on what I was supposed to do as a technical product
supposed to do as a technical product
supposed to do as a technical product manager and the word Technicolor was
manager and the word Technicolor was
manager and the word Technicolor was always there behind me and I was
always there behind me and I was
always there behind me and I was wondering how I’m going to deal with
wondering how I’m going to deal with
wondering how I’m going to deal with that word technical I was put onto a
that word technical I was put onto a
that word technical I was put onto a project manager who was supposed to give
project manager who was supposed to give
project manager who was supposed to give me an orientation of what I’m supposed
me an orientation of what I’m supposed
me an orientation of what I’m supposed to do and the first question this guy
to do and the first question this guy
to do and the first question this guy asked me when I entered the corporate
asked me when I entered the corporate
asked me when I entered the corporate world on the first day is so do you have
world on the first day is so do you have
world on the first day is so do you have experience in product management and I’m
experience in product management and I’m
experience in product management and I’m like no so he does a shrug and he walks
like no so he does a shrug and he walks
like no so he does a shrug and he walks away ok so that makes my job a little
away ok so that makes my job a little
away ok so that makes my job a little more tough a week after that I was
more tough a week after that I was
more tough a week after that I was introduced to a product manager
introduced to a product manager
introduced to a product manager sitting in the US this is a
sitting in the US this is a
sitting in the US this is a multinational company that I’m talking
multinational company that I’m talking
multinational company that I’m talking about so this product manager gave me a
about so this product manager gave me a
about so this product manager gave me a download of the product to which I would
download of the product to which I would
download of the product to which I would be attached to it was a HR applications
be attached to it was a HR applications
be attached to it was a HR applications product and he gave me what was known as
product and he gave me what was known as
product and he gave me what was known as a functional specification document and
a functional specification document and
a functional specification document and he’s told me you play around with the
he’s told me you play around with the
he’s told me you play around with the application and you look at the
application and you look at the
application and you look at the functional specification document and
functional specification document and
functional specification document and you kind of figure out what this
you kind of figure out what this
you kind of figure out what this application will do for the clients and
application will do for the clients and
application will do for the clients and we can take it forward from there so I
we can take it forward from there so I
we can take it forward from there so I started this journey of mine all alone
started this journey of mine all alone
started this journey of mine all alone sitting in a cubicle a teacher for 18
sitting in a cubicle a teacher for 18
sitting in a cubicle a teacher for 18 years a student now okay and a student
years a student now okay and a student
years a student now okay and a student without a teacher so all I needed to do
without a teacher so all I needed to do
without a teacher so all I needed to do was to systematically look at the
was to systematically look at the
was to systematically look at the functional specification which kind of
functional specification which kind of
functional specification which kind of details how the application will work
details how the application will work
details how the application will work and also look at the URL that he gave me
and also look at the URL that he gave me
and also look at the URL that he gave me where I look at the application and see
where I look at the application and see
where I look at the application and see if there is a sync between the
if there is a sync between the
if there is a sync between the functional specification and the app
functional specification and the app
functional specification and the app much to my agony again I found that what
much to my agony again I found that what
much to my agony again I found that what the things were very different okay
the things were very different okay
the things were very different okay this functional specification defined
this functional specification defined
this functional specification defined how the application should work but when
how the application should work but when
how the application should work but when I went and started to look at the
I went and started to look at the
I went and started to look at the application the application was doing
application the application was doing
application the application was doing something else
something else
something else I got jittery so I turn back and look at
I got jittery so I turn back and look at
I got jittery so I turn back and look at this man the project manager who’s been
this man the project manager who’s been
this man the project manager who’s been in the company for nine years
in the company for nine years
in the company for nine years and I asked him can you please explain
and I asked him can you please explain
and I asked him can you please explain this to me and he says I don’t know so
this to me and he says I don’t know so
this to me and he says I don’t know so what do I do
what do I do
what do I do so what do I do so I wait the whole day
so what do I do so I wait the whole day
so what do I do so I wait the whole day because it’s a multinational and my core
because it’s a multinational and my core
because it’s a multinational and my core product manager is sitting in the US I
product manager is sitting in the US I
product manager is sitting in the US I had to wait till late in the night to
had to wait till late in the night to
had to wait till late in the night to get to connect with him to find out why
get to connect with him to find out why
get to connect with him to find out why there is no sync between the functional
there is no sync between the functional
there is no sync between the functional specification doc and the application so
specification doc and the application so
specification doc and the application so I am bluntly told by this day well
I am bluntly told by this day well
I am bluntly told by this day well that’s part of your job you’re supposed
that’s part of your job you’re supposed
that’s part of your job you’re supposed to update the spec I said based on what
to update the spec I said based on what
to update the spec I said based on what I don’t have any client interaction I
I don’t have any client interaction I
I don’t have any client interaction I don’t know what the customer wants how
don’t know what the customer wants how
don’t know what the customer wants how am I supposed to update a spec without a
am I supposed to update a spec without a
am I supposed to update a spec without a customer interaction he said that’s not
customer interaction he said that’s not
customer interaction he said that’s not part of your job your job is only to
part of your job your job is only to
part of your job your job is only to update the spec someone gave me an idea
update the spec someone gave me an idea
update the spec someone gave me an idea they say
they say
they say go to the application there’s a question
go to the application there’s a question
go to the application there’s a question mark on the right hand side corner
mark on the right hand side corner
mark on the right hand side corner it’s the help the help will tell you
it’s the help the help will tell you
it’s the help the help will tell you what the implication supposed to do so I
what the implication supposed to do so I
what the implication supposed to do so I went to the question mark I clicked on
went to the question mark I clicked on
went to the question mark I clicked on it and it didn’t tell me anything so
it and it didn’t tell me anything so
it and it didn’t tell me anything so then I said who created this question
then I said who created this question
then I said who created this question mark then they said there’s a bunch of
mark then they said there’s a bunch of
mark then they said there’s a bunch of guys sitting in that corner they call
guys sitting in that corner they call
guys sitting in that corner they call the tech writers those guys create the
the tech writers those guys create the
the tech writers those guys create the help who asked them so I walked up to
help who asked them so I walked up to
help who asked them so I walked up to the lady there and I said can you please
the lady there and I said can you please
the lady there and I said can you please tell me your hell is not helping me so
tell me your hell is not helping me so
tell me your hell is not helping me so she said what do you mean I said
she said what do you mean I said
she said what do you mean I said go ahead click on it so she clicks on it
go ahead click on it so she clicks on it
go ahead click on it so she clicks on it and it only tells me ok from here you
and it only tells me ok from here you
and it only tells me ok from here you will go there from there you will go
will go there from there you will go
will go there from there you will go there but after going there what happens
there but after going there what happens
there but after going there what happens there is not said so I asked her how am
there is not said so I asked her how am
there is not said so I asked her how am I to know how the application is
I to know how the application is
I to know how the application is supposed to behave she said well that’s
supposed to behave she said well that’s
supposed to behave she said well that’s all this the what and what is the basis
all this the what and what is the basis
all this the what and what is the basis on which you wrote the help she said the
on which you wrote the help she said the
on which you wrote the help she said the spec which is the functional
spec which is the functional
spec which is the functional specification document so here I am in a
specification document so here I am in a
specification document so here I am in a situation as a new employee in an
situation as a new employee in an
situation as a new employee in an organization in a new culture with the
organization in a new culture with the
organization in a new culture with the average age of my colleagues be 25 and
average age of my colleagues be 25 and
average age of my colleagues be 25 and I’m 40 and they calling me by my first
I’m 40 and they calling me by my first
I’m 40 and they calling me by my first name
name
name all 18 years I’ve been ma’am I’ve been
all 18 years I’ve been ma’am I’ve been
all 18 years I’ve been ma’am I’ve been professor have been doctored and here
professor have been doctored and here
professor have been doctored and here are this 25 year old or guys calling me
are this 25 year old or guys calling me
are this 25 year old or guys calling me refuge’ I am like give me a break
refuge’ I am like give me a break
refuge’ I am like give me a break you’re as old as my son okay so I’m in
you’re as old as my son okay so I’m in
you’re as old as my son okay so I’m in an alien culture I am in an alien
an alien culture I am in an alien
an alien culture I am in an alien industry I am an alien with an alien
industry I am an alien with an alien
industry I am an alien with an alien team okay it’s a do die situation for me
team okay it’s a do die situation for me
team okay it’s a do die situation for me I learn and move on or I back off and
I learn and move on or I back off and
I learn and move on or I back off and I’m not going to back off I’m going to
I’m not going to back off I’m going to
I’m not going to back off I’m going to move on so I wait the whole day and then
move on so I wait the whole day and then
move on so I wait the whole day and then I see what unfolds after 6:00 in the
I see what unfolds after 6:00 in the
I see what unfolds after 6:00 in the night what I saw that day astounded me
night what I saw that day astounded me
night what I saw that day astounded me there this bunch of developers who are
there this bunch of developers who are
there this bunch of developers who are talking with the product manager sitting
talking with the product manager sitting
talking with the product manager sitting in the US over the telephone call taking
in the US over the telephone call taking
in the US over the telephone call taking the client requirements noting it on the
the client requirements noting it on the
the client requirements noting it on the piece of paper next day morning when the
piece of paper next day morning when the
piece of paper next day morning when the coders come in they give that piece of
coders come in they give that piece of
coders come in they give that piece of paper to the coders the coders develop
paper to the coders the coders develop
paper to the coders the coders develop the app
the app
the app crumple the paper and show it away how
crumple the paper and show it away how
crumple the paper and show it away how will the functional specifications dark
will the functional specifications dark
will the functional specifications dark which is a dark used by testers coders
which is a dark used by testers coders
which is a dark used by testers coders technical writers ever be updated
technical writers ever be updated
technical writers ever be updated how will it ever be updated how will a
how will it ever be updated how will a
how will it ever be updated how will a new recruiting like me ever know what
new recruiting like me ever know what
new recruiting like me ever know what the application is supposed to do so I
the application is supposed to do so I
the application is supposed to do so I started to learn as a student all over
started to learn as a student all over
started to learn as a student all over again from each one of my teachers who
again from each one of my teachers who
again from each one of my teachers who were 25 years 23 years probably 22 years
were 25 years 23 years probably 22 years
were 25 years 23 years probably 22 years also sometimes after a few months passed
also sometimes after a few months passed
also sometimes after a few months passed the client managers were talked directly
the client managers were talked directly
the client managers were talked directly to me asking for requirements in the
to me asking for requirements in the
to me asking for requirements in the application for example there would be a
application for example there would be a
application for example there would be a request saying that I need to generate
request saying that I need to generate
request saying that I need to generate reports from the application and the
reports from the application and the
reports from the application and the report should come in the form of a PDF
report should come in the form of a PDF
report should come in the form of a PDF format with a borderline all right now I
format with a borderline all right now I
format with a borderline all right now I am not technically right I don’t know
am not technically right I don’t know
am not technically right I don’t know what it entails in terms of cost for
what it entails in terms of cost for
what it entails in terms of cost for creating a borderline in the pot so I go
creating a borderline in the pot so I go
creating a borderline in the pot so I go to the coder and say hey can you do this
to the coder and say hey can you do this
to the coder and say hey can you do this they say yes we can do it
they say yes we can do it
they say yes we can do it how long will it take for you ten days
how long will it take for you ten days
how long will it take for you ten days of nyjah 10 days the client was once
of nyjah 10 days the client was once
of nyjah 10 days the client was once within a couple of days so when you are
within a couple of days so when you are
within a couple of days so when you are non-technical you’ve got a bunch of kids
non-technical you’ve got a bunch of kids
non-technical you’ve got a bunch of kids playing to the four-year-old it’s going
playing to the four-year-old it’s going
playing to the four-year-old it’s going to be a little tricky okay so what I
to be a little tricky okay so what I
to be a little tricky okay so what I could do is kind of believe them and you
could do is kind of believe them and you
could do is kind of believe them and you know cost a bill the client for ten days
know cost a bill the client for ten days
know cost a bill the client for ten days or do the learning on my own and I chose
or do the learning on my own and I chose
or do the learning on my own and I chose to do the learning on my own I would
to do the learning on my own I would
to do the learning on my own I would walk to another project where similar
walk to another project where similar
walk to another project where similar work was being done where the kids
work was being done where the kids
work was being done where the kids wouldn’t be from this project and I’d
wouldn’t be from this project and I’d
wouldn’t be from this project and I’d ask them if some what to do this someone
ask them if some what to do this someone
ask them if some what to do this someone were to do this borderline how much time
were to do this borderline how much time
were to do this borderline how much time would it take so that guy will say it’ll
would it take so that guy will say it’ll
would it take so that guy will say it’ll take about two days so I come back to
take about two days so I come back to
take about two days so I come back to the game I put two days in the project
the game I put two days in the project
the game I put two days in the project management sheet and they say how we
management sheet and they say how we
management sheet and they say how we said ten days you put two days I said I
said ten days you put two days I said I
said ten days you put two days I said I know I’m learning all right so this
know I’m learning all right so this
know I’m learning all right so this attitude I think is very critical for
attitude I think is very critical for
attitude I think is very critical for students for anyone who in who has to
students for anyone who in who has to
students for anyone who in who has to eat as where it has become a norm for
eat as where it has become a norm for
eat as where it has become a norm for you
you
you to move from industry to industry much
to move from industry to industry much
to move from industry to industry much faster than what our generation width so
faster than what our generation width so
faster than what our generation width so every time you move into new industry
every time you move into new industry
every time you move into new industry there’s new learning and unless new
there’s new learning and unless new
there’s new learning and unless new learning you have to be student all over
learning you have to be student all over
learning you have to be student all over again
again
again all right is the blue cutter I don’t
all right is the blue cutter I don’t
all right is the blue cutter I don’t know I can’t see all right I am assuming
know I can’t see all right I am assuming
know I can’t see all right I am assuming it is there so can we see the pictures
it is there so can we see the pictures
it is there so can we see the pictures please so when I talk about being a
please so when I talk about being a
please so when I talk about being a student in my personal life to have been
student in my personal life to have been
student in my personal life to have been a student alright and I continue to be a
a student alright and I continue to be a
a student alright and I continue to be a student I live in a plot of land where I
student I live in a plot of land where I
student I live in a plot of land where I have a small house I have a neighbor who
have a small house I have a neighbor who
have a small house I have a neighbor who has built a multi-storied complex out of
has built a multi-storied complex out of
has built a multi-storied complex out of which three stories are unauthorized
which three stories are unauthorized
which three stories are unauthorized okay my soul tells me to grow a patch of
okay my soul tells me to grow a patch of
okay my soul tells me to grow a patch of garden with flowers and I was never able
garden with flowers and I was never able
garden with flowers and I was never able to accomplish that thanks to my neighbor
to accomplish that thanks to my neighbor
to accomplish that thanks to my neighbor there’s no morning sunlight coming into
there’s no morning sunlight coming into
there’s no morning sunlight coming into my house and Nature doesn’t like that
my house and Nature doesn’t like that
my house and Nature doesn’t like that kind of an environment all right so I
kind of an environment all right so I
kind of an environment all right so I became a student once again how do I
became a student once again how do I
became a student once again how do I grow my patch of garden how do i cure
grow my patch of garden how do i cure
grow my patch of garden how do i cure what I’m enduring all right what cannot
what I’m enduring all right what cannot
what I’m enduring all right what cannot be cured must be endured as whatever
be cured must be endured as whatever
be cured must be endured as whatever start but I said I’m going to cure this
start but I said I’m going to cure this
start but I said I’m going to cure this so I learnt through trial and error
so I learnt through trial and error
so I learnt through trial and error through experimentation through
through experimentation through
through experimentation through perseverance as a student of gardening
perseverance as a student of gardening
perseverance as a student of gardening to grow my own small garden and I have
to grow my own small garden and I have
to grow my own small garden and I have accomplished this after 10 years this is
accomplished this after 10 years this is
accomplished this after 10 years this is my bloom of last summer
I’ve also been a student of my own can
I’ve also been a student of my own can we see the next slide of painting okay
we see the next slide of painting okay
we see the next slide of painting okay in life when you go through ups and
in life when you go through ups and
in life when you go through ups and downs there are periods of highs and
downs there are periods of highs and
downs there are periods of highs and periods of lows and during those periods
periods of lows and during those periods
periods of lows and during those periods period of Louis your childhood habits
period of Louis your childhood habits
period of Louis your childhood habits your childhood what do you say
your childhood what do you say
your childhood what do you say activities that you took up as a child
activities that you took up as a child
activities that you took up as a child which gave you a lot of pressure come
which gave you a lot of pressure come
which gave you a lot of pressure come back to you and in the process of that I
back to you and in the process of that I
back to you and in the process of that I started to relearn how to paint on my
started to relearn how to paint on my
started to relearn how to paint on my own we can see some more of those I do a
own we can see some more of those I do a
own we can see some more of those I do a lot of Spade painting with my and I
lot of Spade painting with my and I
lot of Spade painting with my and I enjoy the process so I strongly believe
enjoy the process so I strongly believe
enjoy the process so I strongly believe all of us should be students for life
all of us should be students for life
all of us should be students for life both professionally and personally no
both professionally and personally no
both professionally and personally no matter what happens
matter what happens
matter what happens [Applause]
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