Author Archives: Vijay Vijayasankar

Train to become a project manager and if you don’t get to the top of the class , apply for the hostage negotiator role at FBI 🙂 I am joking of course – but when I look back at my own career where I have managed projects, the skill that made me successful was myContinue reading “How do you become a great hostage negotiator in FBI ?”

Looking back at 2022 – the first question I ask is “are we really at the end of the year already?” . My quick reflections follow – as always , this is all strictly personal and have nothing to do with my employer First some “personal” stuff Thrilled for our daughter – finished her highContinue reading “My 2022 reflections”

My first job out of engineering college was at a Tire company . One night, a spindle needed to be replaced in a machine on the line to restart it . I used my deep knowledge of mechanical engineering and figured I needed a spindle with 28.8 CM diameter . Everyone around me had aContinue reading “Approximation is both a life saver and a potential disaster !”