Author Archives: Vijay Vijayasankar

This is the greatest mistake that happens when we try building teams . We start out with the intention of hiring an “A team” – and pretty soon it magically transforms into a hunt for “A players” . It took me a long while to realize it’s not the same – and often hiring allContinue reading “We need “A teams” not “All A Players””

It is parliament election season in India now . The country is so vast and infrastructure hasn’t caught up yet – so elections have to be held over several weeks in a phased manner . Whichever way I look at it – a coalition government is bound to rule India for the next term .Continue reading “Education is the key for unity in diversity in India”

Ever since I announced I got a job at MongoDB , the question that I got the most has been “what does a VP of global channels do ?” I grew up as a technologist – not as a business development / channel person. And apart from engineering , I have been a successful salesContinue reading “What on earth does VP of Global Channel at MongoDB mean ?”