Mentorship
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Recommendation from Bryan McCann, co-founder & CTO of You.com
Rajiv was my mentor and advisor from the very start of my first-time founder journey as the CTO of you.com. He provided invaluable perspectives as my role ...
A Reflection on Accomplishments and Aspirations
Life has a way of leading us to moments of reflection, where we pause to evaluate our journey, our achievements (( Biography of Rajiv Pant )), and the path...
Importance of Mentorship Article by Yujin Kim, CTO of WorkMarket
In his recent article about the importance of mentorship, Yujin Kim, Chief Technology Officer at WorkMarket (an ADP company) talks about what he learned fr...
My Personal Fitness Objectives and Key Results
When I mentioned that I use the Objectives & Key Results (OKR) system to achieve my personal fitness goals, some of my friends asked if I'd share my person...
Luke Vnenchak, VP of Engineering at BuzzFeed
Luke Vnenchak shared this recommendation for Rajiv on August 26, 2016 via LinkedIn: One thing that stood out in working with Rajiv was his ability to mento...
Joy Goldberg, Director, Portfolio Management at The New York Times
Joy Goldberg shared this recommendation for Rajiv on October 22, 2015 via LinkedIn: Rajiv is unique. He's intensely interested in every person regardless o...
Greg Felice, Director of EIT Strategy and Business Agility at Cablevision
Greg Felice shared this recommendation for Rajiv on July 23, 2015 via LinkedIn: Maybe once or twice in a career, you get the opportunity to work with someo...
Chris Ladd, Senior Software Engineer at The New York Times
Chris Ladd shared this recommendation for Rajiv on July 22, 2015 via LinkedIn: Rajiv truly believes in the importance of people and of culture — from the f...
Paul Robbins, Senior Product Manager, The New York Times
Paul Robbins shared this recommendation for Rajiv on April 2, 2013 via LinkedIn: One of the things that really stands out about Rajiv is his passion for pe...
Firing Back: How Great Leaders Rebound After Career Disasters by Jeff Sonnenfeld (Book Review)
I read Professor Jeffrey Sonnenfeld's book, "Firing Back: How Great Leaders Rebound After Career Disasters" in preparation for my being a guest speaker a...
Your Brain At Work (Book Review)
Let me tell you a story about my friends Emily and Paul. Emily and Paul were struggling in their demanding jobs and in managing their busy family life rais...
Melanie Colton, Senior Manager, Technology Conde Nast
Melanie Colton shared this recommendation for Rajiv on April 16, 2011 via LinkedIn: Rajiv Pant combines his years of executive level management with techni...
Ted Nadeau, SVP, General Manager, CondeNet, Conde Nast
Ted Nadeau shared this recommendation for Rajiv on September 10, 2009 via LinkedIn: Rajiv and I worked together for two years at Conde Nast Digital. Rajiv ...
Nathan Tableman, Senior Manager of Web Hosting and Infrastructure, Conde Nast Digital
Nathan Tableman shared this recommendation for Rajiv on July 22, 2009 via LinkedIn: Rajiv's deep understanding of technology combined with his leadership a...
Supriya Saha, Software Engineering Team Lead, Cox Newspapers
Supriya Saha shared this recommendation for Rajiv on July 22, 2009 via LinkedIn: Rajiv is the best technical leader, I have so far seen so far. He always k...
Karl Martino, Senior Software Engineer, Philly.com and Knight Ridder Digital
Karl Martino shared this recommendation for Rajiv on March 20, 2007 via LinkedIn: Rajiv is an on going example of what I look for in leadership. He’s smart...
Ben Mappen, Software Engineer, Knight Ridder Digital
Ben Mappen shared this recommendation for Rajiv on November 22, 2006 via LinkedIn: Rajiv is a remarkable individual and I have long admired his savvy, char...
Lessons from martial arts that apply to life
Interacting with and helping other people Some encounters are not worth the experience. If you spar with Mike Tyson, you will get hurt and have a headache ...