SCALER POD 09 ft. Nirdosh Chouhan, SVP Engineering, OYO | Hospitality, Innovation and The Jugaad Mindset

In this episode of Scaler Pod, we have Nirdosh Chouhan SVP of Engineering at OYO, Chouhan is an aspiring leader in software engineering with over 20 years of strategic growth experience in managing teams, and distributed enterprise products and applications, and previously worked in companies like Apple, Oracle, and NetApp.  

An alumnus of IIM Bangalore, he's leading OYO's Platform and Revenue Technology with a team of 150+ engineers and had worked on building products for OYO to support Pricing, Invoicing, Availability, Booking, Payments, Communication, and Identity. 

In this Podcast, he shares his experiences in silicon valley and working at Apple, about the hospitality industry and new innovations happening, and the Indian Jugaad culture/ mindset.   

Timeline:  

00:00 Teaser 

02:34 Introduction  

03:02 Day in the life of Nirdosh 

05:44 His journey in the tech industry and early days 

17:00 Engineering in OYO and tech challenges in the hospitality industry 

21:25 Arnav's experiences while working in Zomato  

22:45 OYO's diversified market 

26:30 Custom filters and challenges with large data 

30:09 Changes in hospitality and product functioning 

34:20 His learnings while working at Apple 

38:10 Global business spread and customer satisfaction 

40:50 Work culture, hiring, and feedback 

45:00 Challenges for engineer's growth in India 

48:02 Thoughts on the Indian tech ecosystem 

50:10 Future of the Hospitality industry and catering experiences  

54:09 New changes and possible technological ways for engineers  

59:39 The India Jugaad mindest, Ipad launch, and the difference between India and the silicon valley 

01:11:00 Advice for young engineers/ freshers 

01:14:28 Outro

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