This November, we shine the spotlight on the star of this month, Ragavendharan — System Analyst in M2P.
A travel buff, multi-cuisine chef, and a coffee addict, Ragavendharan is much more than what meets the eye. We got him to share interesting facets of his life, his interests, and his journey as an M2Peer.
Keep reading to know more about Ragavendharan and what inspires him the most about M2P.
How do you usually start your workday?
I begin my day by organizing my works and checking my scheduled meetings. Then, I kickstart with a cup of coffee to set the perfect vibe for the day. Then, I check my emails, respond to them, and get on with my tasks for the day. On alternative days, I have stand-up calls for team discussions.
What are your main responsibilities in M2P?
My work at M2P takes an end-to-end nature. As a backend developer, my main responsibility is to understand the business requirements. Then, I design product blocks and flows, researching and identifying suitable solutions and technology for any new product development.
Apart from developing a new product, I am highly responsible for performing the root cause analysis and implementing a scalable solution to the issue. In addition, I also share my understanding of the different aspects of a new product with my team. Here, we work from scratch on the end-to-end process until it becomes a minimal viable product.
I have worked on several applications in the past few years, especially the cryptographic related tasks for existing systems. Java, SQL, Linux, data analytics, cryptography, microservices are my strong suites and I also support other teams whenever my expertise is required across products.
How have you grown through the years as an M2Peer?
Simply from ‘Zero to One.’
I joined M2P as an intern almost five years back, with no experience in the software domain. From there, I started taking baby steps to where I am here now, and I still have a long way to go.
My prior exposure to development in other programming languages helped me bootstrap swiftly in this domain and ecosystem. My thirst for learning kept me motivated even during hard times. As I have these amazing colleagues and mentors to hold, support, and guide me over the years, now we march forward as a team.
I enjoy being in my office, and I often forget to go home as I lose time working. Kuru and I mostly have thought-provoking, heated debates while we discuss solutions. This helped me think out of the box, and we both do it together during implementation.
I take this as an opportunity to thank Madhu, Muthu, and Prabhu for guiding me through my personal and professional path over these years. I am looking forward to a long journey together ahead.
Is there a quote/saying that motivates you?
Yes.
‘To walk fast, walk alone. To walk long, walk together.’
In M2P, we do both. I get motivated to give my best shot every day. I have always admired our team, and the energy in M2P propels me.
What’s that one thing your colleagues don’t know about you?
We are a family, and my family knows me well.
Although, If I need to mention specifically — I love to dance thin in the ground. As a fun-loving and boisterous kid, I dance at almost every festival in my hometown. Taking my interest further, I even learned dance from my brother’s friend, a dancer. Now, I dance to fast beats when I’m alone at home.
I learned Carnatic music in my school days and even discovered yoga with my brother. I was also selected for district-level tournaments in sports such as Kho-Kho and Cricket in my school days.
What inspires you the most about M2P?
Our PEOPLE.
When I joined M2P, we were a team of 20, and I was the 20th person to join. So, we had the perfect balance of both work and fun. Coming to work daily was very comfortable and motivating as it felt as if I was hanging out with my close friends.
From the founders to my mentors to everyone in the team, we all are a family here. Looking back, we have grown from there to the office buildings now. Even though if I feel worn out sometimes, people here have always inspired me from our founders to my juniors. I learn a lot from everyone here at M2P.
What’s your idea of a perfect day?
My perfect day would be a day mixed with coffee, working with my team, cracking chats with countless laughs, having discussions, solving problems, and coding.
What was your career path before joining M2P, and how has it changed?
Before joining here, I helped run a business for my brother, leading his night shift team. It was a BPO, and I worked hard in building his team and business. But deep down, I always knew that I was a techie.
So, I drifted from there, and in the next couple of months, I landed in M2P. I have entirely rejuvenated as a person. As I was a fresher to the domain when I just started, I took baby steps. And, with the help of the programming languages that I excelled at, I started growing day by day with M2P.
What are your hobbies/ interests?
My interests are lined up as I am usually a person who is passionate about learning new things from cosmology-seismology to cooking-gardening and much more.
But to talk about hobbies, I play carrom, chess, and video games. In addition, I am very fond of cooking. I love both cooking and eating South Indian, French, Mexican, and Italian cuisines. Yes guys, I cook all the time.
I go by describing myself as a person who is ‘mad about traveling,’ hahaha. I have travelled to almost all places in Tamilnadu, and I love driving to hill stations and on empty roads. So, my next destination would be the Pothigai hills.
I like to read a lot of books, work on papers of many renowned scientists like Einstein. Wikipedia is everything to me. I love to work on research papers in Astronomy and Quantum physics. Since my childhood, I was also eager to do gardening in our house.
Anything else you want to share about M2P?
M2P is an exquisite place to learn, work, and grow. We M2Peers do everything in our own way.
So, I would like to say to all my colleagues, ‘Let’s rock and roll.’
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