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Kunal Sharma's avatar

Just WOW!! Today, I practically came to know what making an impact really means!!

HATS OFF!!

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Akash Mukherjee's avatar

You're too kind, Kunal. Thank you for your kind words.

It's been great working with Raviraj and him helping me relive some of these memories and without his help, the experience wouldn't have been this vivid.

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Kunal Sharma's avatar

Highly looking forward to reading many more of your experiences Akash.

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The Freelance Writing Network's avatar

Really interesting stuff, Raviraj. Thanks for sharing Akash.

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Akash Mukherjee's avatar

Glad you liked it!

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Junaid Effendi's avatar

Nice collaboration.

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Akash Mukherjee's avatar

Thank you, Junaid.

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Hemant Pandey's avatar

Thanks for sharing your journey Akash.

Such a stellar growth

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Akash Mukherjee's avatar

Thanks, Hemant. Glad you enjoyed reading my story :)

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Marcos F. Lobo 🗻's avatar

Thanks for sharing your journey! 👏🏼 It's important to me the point about "find what makes more impact in your organization"; this is not always easy to find out!

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Akash Mukherjee's avatar

Glad you liked it, Marcos.

You're absolutely right, finding what's needed at the organization right now can be tricky. My learning here was speak to a lot of people, not just within the org, but get a perspective from outside as well. Outside can be other parts of the company.

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Marcos F. Lobo 🗻's avatar

Mmmm, good advice, ✍🏻 taking note of that. Thanks!

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Gregor Ojstersek's avatar

Great story about how "Becoming comfortable with being uncomfortable" helps to grow! Congrats Akash for the highest rankings and such growth in very short time!

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Akash Mukherjee's avatar

Thanks, Gregor.

That's the mantra, never get comfortable. Glad you enjoyed the story.

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Roop's avatar

Thanks for sharing your Journey Akash. Very inspiring 👏 loved the article.

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Akash Mukherjee's avatar

Glad you liked it!

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Arindam's avatar

Inspiring story, thanks for sharing the hidden struggles, could resonate with many experiences.

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Akash Mukherjee's avatar

Glad it resonated :)

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Prashanth's avatar

Thanks for sharing, I am curious why such high impact engineer would leave to another company?, I want to know what /why is the appropriate time to leave the current role and move on. Will wait for the follow up article on that.

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Akash Mukherjee's avatar

That's an excellent question, Prashanth. I've an upcoming article on this topic, "Why I left Google after getting the highest rating and promotion".

There were a lot of factors that went into making this decision, I loved it there at Google, and I always felt valued. I'll tell the same thing I told my VP (Chrome VP) before leaving, "I want to experience other cultures outside Google, before settling down with one".

In short, I felt too comfortable, always having answers. And of course, AI played a big role in my move as well.

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Anton Zaides's avatar

I loved the format and story! Very impressive Akash :)

Constantly moving outside your comfort is something I wholeheartedly agree with.

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Akash Mukherjee's avatar

Thanks, Anton. Glad you enjoyed the story.

People wanting growth needs to always be uncomfortable, glad this resonated with you :)

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Briy's avatar

Can you share some tips on how to write design docs?

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Pepite's avatar

Hustle culture

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