Scaler Pod - The Software Engineer's Podcast ScalerPod #01 - How Engineers Can Learn for Fun and Profit ft. Amod Malviya (CoFounder Udaan, ex-CTO Flipkart)
About Amod Malviya:
Best known in the startup ecosystem for building Flipkart’s technology backbone, Amod Malviya is the renowned co-founder of Udaan, a B2B marketplace that notably raced to unicorn status in less than 26 months. Amod is a highly skilled technologist whose experience and interests are commendable in his great contribution to the tech industry. Graduated from IIT Kharagpur, Amod’s consistency and dedication leave an inspiring mark on every detail of his developments. His skills and expertise have been consistently demonstrated in the technical mastery of programming languages, building strong scalable infrastructure as well as network architecture.
0:00:00 Teaser
0:02:00 Intro
0:02:26 Why do you still continue to code ?
0:07:50 You were making weekend dev challenges on Twitter. Why did you stop?
0:14:25 What motivates engineers go deep into systems and languages?
0:18:00 What is your advice for engineers who are overwhelmed with multiple languages, tech stacks and frameworks to learn?
0:24:40 How to transcend from thinking in a framework to thinking in a concept?
0:30:20 What is your advice for mid-senior engineers to grow in their career?
0:41:00 How to take time out for learning when working at startups?
0:47:00 Why is it important to keep learning throughout the career ?
0:52:50 Should we learn Computer Science fundamentals? Or we can just start building projects?
1:05:00 Learning for short-terma vs long-term goals?
1:12:00 Importance of skills vs degrees
1:25:00 How to create a peer group that helps you to learn?
1:27:00 Should engineers think of going into Product Management?
1:35:00 How to judge what is hype and what is subsstance when picking a new domain?
1:55:00 How to discover, and get involved in good open source projects?
2:00:00 Words of advice for engineers beginning their careers in tech