Jul 20, 2021My first 90 days as a Product Manager at MicrosoftFor those that don’t know, I recently switched career paths from software engineering at a fintech company to product management at Microsoft in April 2021. Now that it’s been 90 days since I started, I thought it’d be a good time to do a review of how that went —…Product6 min readProduct6 min read
Aug 26, 20203 Day Itinerary for the Perfect Summer Getaway to Lake TahoeLet me start with the basics — My name is Shreya. I recently ventured to Lake Tahoe, California as a pandemic-safe way to explore the beauty of my home state and celebrate my 25th birthday. …Travel4 min readTravel4 min read
Aug 14, 2020Ten secrets to successful virtual networking midst pandemicEver since COVID-19 made its debut in the world, our lives haven’t looked the same. Workdays, hobbies, and travel have all transformed to meet the demands of social distancing. One of the silver linings to this situation is that events that used to rely on in-person attendance are now being…Online Networking2 min readOnline Networking2 min read
Aug 4, 2020Imposter Syndrome as experienced by a 24 year old software engineerImposter Syndrome is one of very few buzzwords in the tech industry that refers to human mental health. (Yes, I feel the need to note “human” considering just how many tech buzzwords center around anthropomorphizing machinery.) The way I define imposter syndrome is when one repeatedly doubts the legitimacy of…Imposter Syndrome5 min readImposter Syndrome5 min read
Jun 8, 2020#BlackLivesMatter: Thoughts & Reflections After A Week of LearningI am a female non-black POC in the tech field. The #BlackLivesMatter movement has always been on my radar, but recent events really opened my eyes to the need for education. I’ve spent the last several days consuming documentaries and films about the historic treatment of black people in the…Black Lives Matter2 min readBlack Lives Matter2 min read
May 31, 2020Minority != MediocreHi! I’m Shreya. Sister. Daughter. Engineer. Yelper. Traveler. I’m a twenty-something year old engineer living in Southern California. I am a backend software engineer at a health insurance company with 4 years of professional experience. I studied bioinformatics in university and took coursework in biology, physics, business, and computer science. …Minorities2 min readMinorities2 min read
