Ayush@Machine

Self Review 2020 @BlueStacks

Technical / Domain Competence

  • built robust & scalable full-stack apps, testing frameworks, scripts, and APIs.
  • learned and improved upon my tooling everyday (Vim, Git. Shell scripting etc.).
  • In depth knowledge of Py/JS/Flask/Django/PyTest/APIs/frontend-frameworks etc.
  • followed best practices and refactored existing codebase whenever possible.

Productivity and Quality – Getting things done and with good quality.

  • very stronghold in the planning/requirement gathering phase

    • Networking w/ different teams
    • gaining insight
    • understanding the problem properly
  • helped in keeping the projects streamlined
  • combined with better tooling and a strong commitment, consistently delivery high quality code quickly

Teamwork

  • solved problems that my teammates were having by systematically debugging them step-by-step.
  • improved workflows for Vim/Git
  • automated mundane/repeated tasks (batch/py scripts)
  • shared my customizations/thoughts/techniques
  • shared workload whenever such an opportunity arose.

Initiative

  • devoted countless hours in R&D while keeping up with deadlines as what I learn today will certainly help me (& the team) tomorrow.
  • took up challenging tasks & solved problems that required enormous amounts of concentration.
  • focused on acquiring new skills to deliver several POCs in record time.

Innovation

  • created frameworks from scratch
  • deployed projects that were previously thought to be impossible (or very hard) to implement.
  • improved existing workflows by taking a deeper look at the legacy codebase.
  • shared multiple Insightful suggestions that ultimately get integrated in the system.

Communication

  • extremely efficient in communicating intent both via written (email/commit messages/PRs) and spoken mediums.
  • Having an inquisitive mind, I always listened to my colleagues carefully, understanding their requirements or suggestions, thereby consistently choosing the best way forward.

Flexibility

  • worked on several projects that involved a wide range of technologies as well interacting with various members of different teams.
  • altered my daily schedule (longer hours, sleepless nights) as per the requirements and deadlines of ongoing projects without fail.
  • I was on-call 24x7 everday.

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