By Kunal Vasavada
Recently, I visited a mattress store to find one for my toddler son. This was a rather large store with so many brands, comfort styles, price tags and more. Within a few minutes of browsing around, testing a few mattresses by hand to check for firmness, reading some of the comfort and technology claims about few brands, I felt the stress of choice overload. As opposed to browsing further, I immediately sat down on a comfy recliner chair and began listing down my non-negotiable criteria for picking a mattress. I then did a search on my mobile to filter down to a handful of options, then found them in the store to finalize my selection. After all that mattress is where my son is going to spend 1/3rd of his day – its an important purchase!
Where you work is in a way a similar decision. In today’s fast-paced, rapidly evolving technology landscape one is often faced with similar choice overload. Recently I joined Akridata to lead the field systems engineering function after an 18-month break from the professional world. I had ample time to think about what I would like to do next. I had worked for Akridata’s founding team in their previous startup, but what led me to reach out and apply was simply the strong match of the job to the criteria of my search – much like discerning my mattress purchase. I would like to share my decision criteria and how I see them now as an employee at Akridata.
In nutshell, I feel challenged to work on important problems in the technology space that will shape the future of data economies. And I get to do that with a lot of flexibility. But most importantly, I get to do my work with so many other capable and dedicated colleagues. That’s precisely why I joined Akridata!