This October, meet our star of the month, Vijay S — Associate Vice President for Products Development. An avid gamer, movie buff, and travel enthusiast, Vijay gives us a rundown of his M2P journey, personal interests.
Keep reading to know more about Vijay and how he has grown through the years as an M2Peer.
How do you usually start your workday?
My mornings are very relaxed. Having been part of the team for half a decade now, I have become an early riser. The serene sunrise and the sounds of birds chirping is now the theme music before my morning teams call. The tasks, calls, and chaser reminders complement the midnight owl in me.
Since I am currently handling projects in India and the UAE, my alarm is the daily morning MS Teams call (due to the time difference). The workdays start with a Dev call aka mood set call, where I update on pending tasks and get to know about upcoming tasks. After the call, I set up a schedule for the week and plan a unique tracker, prioritizing them with respect to the deadlines, which is always yesterday in M2P!
Once my morning stand-up calls are done, I come into the office, meet my colleagues, make myself a nice cup of tea to start my day. I spend the first few hours responding to pending emails before I begin coding, with which I end the day amidst many Adhoc Teams Meets.
What are your main responsibilities as AVP — Product Development?
My role primarily involves bringing the products sold come to life. I understand client requirements, solutionize customized yet simple to use/replicate scenarios and develop solutions.
My clients are the M2P Sales & BD personnel who give me a download of various client requirements. I love resolving challenges where I work without even realizing how time flies. The sense of accomplishment I gain after that is something else.
On a more serious note, my role involves designing, creating, coding, deploying, and testing new products. Sometimes, I provide a helping hand to our tech support, who relentlessly tries to help clients integrate our existing API stacks.
How have you grown through the years as an M2Peer?
I came into M2P as someone with a year’s experience under my belt. As a fresher in the finance industry, I was lucky to get the guidance of Kurukshetran, fondly called Kuru. With his mentoring, I was able to learn quite a lot while honing my skill sets.
M2P didn’t just give me a professional platform; the leadership team helped me evolve as a better person by giving me valuable life lessons. Some of the key lessons I cherish are relationship management, people skills, and work-life balance (My curveball!).
Is there a quote/saying that motivates you?
As my esteemed colleague, Maathavan, would say, “Don’t work for money. Work for yourself.” That quote inspires me.
In truth, by working on myself, I ended up working for M2P, and now I’m happy to be around still, as it soars up high.
I’d also like to include another quote from my favorite TV show, ‘The Family Man 2’, which says, “Don’t be a minimum guy.”
What’s that one thing your colleagues don’t know about you?
‘I would be a good poker player,’ as I tend to observe people and understand them. Even if I don’t interact with them, I can understand them and catch their bluffs by how they interact with other people 😎.
I am also quite tight-lipped /secretive and am not a person who shows more emotions.
Have you played a practical joke in college?
I am a serious person. I don’t make practical jokes. Just kidding!
Honestly, there are quite a few entertaining ones. But I can’t talk about it since I never got caught, hahaha!
What’s your idea of a perfect day?
A perfect day is when there is nothing left to do at work, and I can go home without thinking about what is coming tomorrow.
Also, I would like to end my perfect day with Dubai’s sunset evenings or a hot cup of Filli Chai at Kite Beach Jumeirah 😎.
What was your career path before joining M2P, and how has it changed?
I came here with a year’s experience, and it has been challenging, inspiring, and a great learning experience in M2P.
‘The journey to me is more important than the destination.’
What inspires you the most about M2P?
The constant drive to achieve and succeed, out-of-the-box thinking, the problem-solving approach, and the care towards employees shown by our leadership and peers is what inspire me the most.
Tell us about your interests/ hobbies.
I am a PC gamer who loves to travel and watch movies. Skydiving is my newfound interest, and my goal is to become a licensed skydiver by 2022.
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