{"id":2397,"date":"2015-05-08T11:11:58","date_gmt":"2015-05-08T05:41:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prasadgupte.com\/blog\/?p=2397"},"modified":"2015-05-22T18:05:28","modified_gmt":"2015-05-22T12:35:28","slug":"goodbye-zycus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prasadgupte.com\/blog\/goodbye-zycus\/","title":{"rendered":"Goodbye Zycus"},"content":{"rendered":"

Unfortunately, it is only through some discomfort that we learn and grow. After 5.5 supercalifragilisticexpialidocious<\/em> years at Zycus, I’ve decided to move on to explore the B2C<\/a> side of the product world.<\/p>\n

I am thankful to Satish<\/strong> & Nirav<\/strong> for sensing my product acumen, and on-boarding me to product management. A big thanks to Sachin<\/strong> & Bikash<\/strong> for being the fantastic managers they’ve been. They entrusted me to lead one of Zycus’ prodigious\u00a0product line<\/a> – in terms of challenge, breadth, depth, team, revenue – from concept-to-revenue, and offered exposure and opportunities like never before.<\/p>\n

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Some of the best memories with the smartest folks…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

All along, I’ve had the privilege to work with nimble & energetic Zycats<\/strong>\u00a0– all possessing the right attitude. In 2011, Zycus ushered me\u00a0to lead product owners<\/strong>; I\u00a0see them all as my career accelerators. Together with them,\u00a0my 60-member development team<\/strong> (of teams), lead by Shekhar,<\/strong> has been the top-most reason for my\u00a0all my\u00a0success and accolades<\/a>. I wish to thank all of you,\u00a0You rock!\u00a0<\/strong>I am convinced that I’m leaving the product with virtuosos,\u00a0and\u00a0wish to see the\u00a0product line – so dear to my heart<\/em> – continue to delight users.<\/p>\n

My professional toolkit would’ve been soporific without the cross-functional<\/strong> interactions I’ve had with the sharpest minds in Sales, Marketing, Delivery, Legal, Finance, Recruitment and Leadership – thank you. I’d like to thank\u00a0Dushyant & Mario, two\u00a0very demanding salesmen who got the best out of me, not by overpowering the otherwise tense Sales-ProdMgmt relation, but through systematic mentoring. I learned so much from them! Thanks to my friends in Admin, Travel, HR, IT & Facilities\u00a0– you made life really easy.<\/p>\n

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I’m gonna miss the travel..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ensuring we kick-started sales in every territory and went past the chasm was my biggest dream in this journey. \u00a0The opportunity to get close to end-users and decision makers, and listen to the market mellowed the 2+ years of backbreaking,\u00a0vacation-less travel<\/a>. I am grateful to management<\/strong>, and our early customers<\/strong>, for their support and encouragement in making dream this real. As disappointed as they were with my decision, they very selflessly put my career first. Thanks Aatish<\/strong> for your time to discuss my exit and for the priceless feedback.<\/p>\n

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The entire team, after the farewell…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Parting is never easy. Exits<\/a> are even harder. But these times are\u00a0a litmus test for the\u00a0employee-employer relation – that reveals trust, value and commitment therein. I am thankful to all who ensured a graceful exit.\u00a0In closing, I have thoroughly enjoyed my journey and I’m surely going to miss Zycus.<\/p>\n

Good luck to each one of you – and keep in touch<\/a>\u00a0via\u00a0LinkedIn<\/a>\u00a0or Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

PS<\/strong>: Keeping up with the tradition of a Goodbye post<\/a>, this time it also served as my goodbye email. I was sure the close, curious & concerned would follow the link. Thanks for stopping by.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Unfortunately, it is only through some discomfort that we learn and grow. After 5.5 supercalifragilisticexpialidocious years at Zycus, I’ve decided to move on to explore the B2C side of the product world. I am thankful to Satish & Nirav for sensing my product acumen, and on-boarding me to product management. A big thanks to Sachin … Continue reading Goodbye Zycus<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2527,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[83],"tags":[146,957,144],"class_list":["post-2397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-news","tag-career","tag-team","tag-zycus"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.prasadgupte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/goodbye-zycus-cover.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prasadgupte.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prasadgupte.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prasadgupte.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prasadgupte.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prasadgupte.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.prasadgupte.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2397\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prasadgupte.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prasadgupte.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prasadgupte.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prasadgupte.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}