Ashwini Vasanth

Engineering

To strive, to seek, to find and not to yield - Alfred, Lord Tennyson

I grew up in Bangalore speaking five different languages (never could decide which one to claim as my mother tongue :)). I was interested in poetry and found it fascinating to compare how the same thoughts were expressed differently in different languages. My parents believed in letting me discover and form my view of the world. In school, I discovered my love for programming, and the power of creating something useful made me giddy. When it came to choosing a field, I was torn between pursuing literature/poetry and engineering. Most people found my conundrum bizarre and didn't think these two interests could ever live in harmony. So I let my left brain dominate my thoughts and pursued engineering. I have spent the past 15 years building products, seeking and finding new challenges in startups and established companies, learning new domains, identifying common patterns across fields, and experiencing the thrill of programming in languages ranging from Assembly to Golang. I firmly believe applying learnings from different fields and fostering a diversity of ideas help build a better world. I think the structured thought process, imagination, and empathy required to write good poetry is no different from what is needed to build great products. The most delightful experiences of my career so far have been when I solved challenging problems, and I was able to connect directly with the consumer of the products I had built and receive feedback. The direct feedback was far easier to receive for my poetry blog, while it was much harder to receive for my developed products.

So, the decision to join DevRev was an easy one, considering there is a massive list of challenging problems to solve. The vision of the company is to bring developers closer to the customers. It is great to solve a problem that will get me as much joy as a creator to bring to our customers. I am super excited about building a product that will melt the artificial barriers between the creators and the consumers and delight both equally. I look forward "To strive, to seek, to find and not to yield" until we make this a reality.