Agile Network India | Setting your Growth Curve in IT Industry by Shreya Mahendru

1. Setting your Growth Curve
in IT Industry
Shreya Mahendru

2. Common Questions
I’m bored of my role,
I’m thinking of
shifting to Business
Analyst role!
My work life balance
is going crazy. Should
I switch my company
or profile?
I’ve been in designing
for 2 years but I don’t
see myself doing same
stuff 10 years later. Did
I make a mistake?
I see myself as someone
into business and
management in an MNC;
should I do an MBA and
move from developer
profile in a startup?
Marketing folks earn
so much! Am I left
behind?

3. Global Product Operations @Labster
● 6 years of experience in IT Industry
● Agile and Scrum Practitioner
● Product, Strategy, and Operations with Startups &
Enterprises
About Shreya Mahendru

4. Challenges, opportunities, highs and lows are unique to every individual. It is
unfair to compare your journey with others’.
Rather, build your soft skills which are as important in growing as hard skills:
-- Be bold!
-- Take calculated risks
-- Work hard and smart
Setting your own curve than comparing with others

5. Introspect and set your goals - Consciously
Look years ahead, and decide to work towards it
Utilise your strength areas, fit them into your journey. In parallel, work on
fixing your weaknesses in the long term.
There are multiple ways to achieve the same goal, so calibrate the
impact of your choices
STEP 2 SWOT Analysis
STEP 3 Think Critically
STEP 1 Visualise how you see yourself

6. Break your goals down, work on 2 or less in parallel actively but all three together
passively in the long run.
Balance your personal, professional, salary goals

7. ● Clear goal setting
● Breaking down the goal
● Making it easy and achievable, measuring progress
How to work towards the expectations set

8. How vastly goals could shift!

9. ● LinkedIn is more powerful than you think. Connect with people and also use it
as your portfolio/resume.
● If you want to switch, talk to the people who are already working in that
domain you want to work in
● Take up projects/pro-bono to prove your self-learning and showcase it to
switch profile
● If you’re focussing on your learning, wrap it into a self lead internship!
● Find your mentors and speak frequently with them
General Hacks/Tips

10. Setting your Growth Curve in IT Industry
Shreya Mahendru
QnA

11. Go to: www.16personalities.com
Let’s start making the curve!

12. Structure
4:00-4:08 Brief Intro/My Background
4:08-4:15 Slide #2, #3
4:15-4:20 16 personalities test
4:20-4:30 Slides #5, #6, #7
4:30-4:40 My story
4:40-4:50 Hacks and QnA