Smart hiring for startups with Prasenjit Sarkar

In this episode, I continue my conversation with Presenjit Sarkar, who is a Technologist, Innovator, Disruptor - and  distinguished engineer with Rubrik inc.

In his career spanning over 25 years, he has been a researcher, inventor, startup founder among other key roles he has played.

I asked Prasenjit, if an entrepreneur should take outside help in building teams and people..

The answer to that question and a lot more in the second part of the conversation.

Today, he talks about:

• Taking professional support to build a psychological profile of a new hire
• The importance of reaching out to references and understand any challenges the candidates faced
• How he finds time to manage multiple things and also stay current on technology, competition etc
• Why one should not try to do everything oneself, particularly the founders, rather focus on the core strengths
• His thoughts on data protection and data quality
• Some career tips for roles related to data science

I asked Prasenjit in building teams and people, if an entrepreneur should take outside help..

The answer to that question and a lot more in the second part of the conversation.

Stay tuned in for the next episode.

Prasenjit Sarkar is a Distinguished Engineer at Rubrik responsible for the architecture and development of relational, NoSQL, and Big Data backup and recovery products. He has previously led initiatives to formulate product strategy, deliver industry-leading backup and recovery features, and superior performance at scales of thousands of databases.

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