Career Journeys Revealed
Join Hitesh Chudasama for candid conversations with leaders, builders, entrepreneurs, and professionals shaping the future of work.
Each episode explores the real stories behind career growth, pivotal decisions, setbacks, reinvention, and success. Guests share practical lessons, hard-earned insights, and the experiences that helped them grow their careers, their lives, and the organizations they led.
Career Journeys Revealed is about real journeys, practical insights, and fresh perspectives to help you navigate your own path.
Episodes
11 episodes
Chett Garcia on Career Reinvention & AI
In the first guest conversation of Season 2 of Career Journeys Revealed, I sit down with Chett Garcia , Partner at Rivier...
Season 2 Kickoff
Season 2 of Career Journeys Revealed is here!In this kickoff episode, Hitesh reflects on Season 1, thanks co-host Han Yuan and the guests who shared their honest stories of career pivots, setbacks, growth, and reinvention.S...
Ep. 8 - From Chaos To Craft: On Building Nonlinear Careers With Madhu Chamarty
What if your most meaningful breakthroughs live on the far side of discomfort? We sit down with repeat founder and technologist Madhu Chamarty to unpack the real mechanics of a nonlinear career—how hard work eclipses raw talent, why acceptance ...
Ep. 9 - Do Anything, Then Do Everything: On Building a Career by Design With Kelly Vincent
Kelly Vincent has spent 25 years in product management across Cisco, Juniper, NetApp, eBay - and she'll tell you she still doesn't have a clear path. That's not false modesty. It's the point.In this episode, Kelly, now Chief Product Offi...
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Ep. 7 - Mastering Pivots: Infinite Scroll in Tech and Life With Hugh Williams
In Episode 7, Han and Hitesh sit down with Hugh Williams, who went from teaching himself Fortran in rural Australia to co-inventing infinite scroll at Microsoft and leading search teams at eBay and Google; holding 38 US patents along the way. I...
Ep. 6 - Art of Scalability: Principles of Scaling Leadership in the Age of AI With Marty Abbott
In Episode 6, Han and Hitesh sit down with Marty Abbott, whose unconventional path took him from Army officer and paratrooper to CTO at eBay during its most explosive scaling period, and eventually to co-founding AKF Partners nearly two decades...
Ep. 5 - Mastering Career Pivots: From Engineer to Fractional Leadership With Balki Kodarapu
In Episode 5, Han and Hitesh sit down with Balki Kodarapu. Balki has built his career across 20+ years in fintech, analytics, and healthcare, evolving from individual contributor to fractional engineering leadership. In this episode, he discuss...
Ep. 4 - From Solo Problem-Solver to Systems Builder: Scaling Impact With Steve Heyman
In Episode 4, Han and Hitesh talk with Steve Heyman, CEO of SnowOwl, who discovered that true scale comes not from solving impossible problems yourself, but from creating systems where entire teams can tackle them together. From wri...
Ep. 3 - From Startup Fixer to Founder: Finding Your Path Through the Unknown With Sagar Shukla
In Episode 3, Han and Hitesh sit down with Sagar Shukla, CEO of Foresight. Sagar shares his journey from being employee #10 at DealCloud through its...
Ep. 2 - Navigating Your Career to Drive Change at Fortune 500 Scale With Bala Meduri
In Episode 2, Han and Hitesh sit down with Bala Meduri. Bala has built his career specializing in data and AI. In this episode, he discusses the professional decisions that enabled him to tr...
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Ep. 1 - What to expect from this podcast
In Episode 1, Han and Hitesh share their vision for this podcast — creating a space where tech leaders can learn from authentic stories, not sanitized success narratives. Expect candid insights, tactical advice, and hard-won wisdom from those w...
