Career Confusion? 3 Solutions

About this episode

The episode features young professionals discussing their non-linear career paths and the importance of flexibility in career success.

Young Professionals Redefine Career Success Through Experimentation Starting with a bold shift, this 25th episode features three accomplished young people who discovered their paths by eliminating what didn't work rather than following predetermined plans. Deepika Ganesh, Aryaman Harish, and Aditi Battu share how they navigated education for sustainable development, data analytics, and immunology—not through linear trajectories, but through intentional exploration. What happens when you reject medicine despite family pressure? Aditi pursued a liberal arts degree, sampling subjects from molecular biology to gastronomy before finding her direction. (Her unconventional combination proved remarkably effective.) Aryaman created an interactive Netflix dashboard using Tableau and Kaggle data, helping independent producers pitch to Netflix by exploring viewer preferences across genres and markets. Meanwhile, Deepika designed massive open online courses at the Indian Institute of Management in Bangalore, decentralizing business education through region-specific case studies. From their first jobs—Deepika at KPMG in knowledge management, Aryaman at a startup during a funding round, Aditi…

People in this episode

Host: Venu Gopal Nair

Guests: Deepika Ganesh, Aryaman Harish, Aditi Battu

Topics covered

• career exploration
• young professionals
• education
• data analytics
• immunology
• career success
• flexibility

Keywords

• career confusion
• young professionals
• career success
• flexibility
• education
• data analytics
• immunology

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Indian Institute of Management, KPMG, Netflix, Kaggle, cancer hospital

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