Kadam - The small steps podcast
by Hemansh Bhatia & Arjit Singh
This is Kadam, the small steps podcast where we try to uncover what it means to have a traditional career.We will have conversations with people fresh in the industry - those whose experiences are often unjustly overlooked.To make the right long-term decisions, we believe one needs to have the proper understanding of the short term outcomes. At the end of each episode, we hope that our listeners can extract a little more meaning with a little more confidence to live life a little bit happier.Follow us on Instagram @KadamPodcast to make sure you’re caught up with all the small steps.
Episodes
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S2-E8 | Isha | Project Manager | Currently Managing Web Design Projects and Looking at a Future in Acting
How many different careers are too many careers? Do you sometimes feel like a jack of all trades? What happens next? Do you feel like you would be good at something else too if you gave it a shot? Do you feel you could do better than another person who currently has the opportunity you wish you...
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S2-E7 | Andrew Marino | Freelance Designer | Currently Exploring the World of 3D Printing
Have you ever thought about walking onto a movie set and becoming an actor by honing on skills you learned as the youngest sibling? Do you know the feeling of having to save conversations with friends so you can keep them natural for another time? How do you create hard stop points when you work...
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S2-E6 | Katy Kirkpatrick | Designer/ Varsity Coach | Currently a Designer in Birmingham, Alabama
From being mistreated by men at work, to recently marrying her childhood crush, our guest shares the most incredible stories from her life. From being one woman in twelve designers, one of the eight females out of the almost 100 employees, and from being the youngest employee on the team, Katy...
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S2-E5 | Jam Jones | Teacher/ Investor/ Designer | Currently a Teacher in Pyeongtaek, South Korea
Moving abroad and being in a culture that is totally different from what you’re used to is often not everyone’s cup of tea. Being in a place where people sometimes have to touch your skin or your hair to realize that you are a real, actual human can be scary for some people. Those that go through...
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S2-E4 | Lea Hix | Designer/Law Student/Teacher | Currently a Law Student at Ole Miss
Standing up for ourselves and those around us is, and will always be an important aspect of being a responsible person. Especially with what is going on in the world with Covid 19, Racism, and other things that people have to deal with every single day. Our guest Lea shares experiences that have...
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S2-E3 | Mihir Malik | Software/MMA Enthusiast | Currently Working as an App and software developer at HealthWealthSafe Inc.
Life is a series of choices and it’s up to us to understand and make the right ones. Listen in on how Mihir compares being in an MMA ring to comedy, speaks about managing time and finding efficient ways to invest in building another career - he says, it’s just like an entrepreneur. We then also...
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S2-E2 | Andrew Brainer | Shoe/Apparel Designer | Currently transitioning roles into being a designer with a leather goods company in Cleveland, OH
From Air Jordan to Yeezy Boost, from upcomers like Onclouds to some retro styles like Chuck Taylor's, many of us pick up shoes that not only provide the right comfort, but give us a feeling of who we are. Some match their shoes according to their outfits, others match their outfits to their…
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S2-E1 | Mackenzie Letherby | Environmental Graphics Designer | Currently a Designer at Benson Integrated Marketing Solutions
Ever wondered who designs the signage and wayfinding that goes all around stadiums, parking decks and basically every place where a huge crowd can be expected? Ever thought about getting to know someone who is responsible for creating experiences that connect people to places? Ever had the great...
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S1-E10 | Chanah Fallin | Graphic Designer | Currently a TEFL Teacher for K2-K3 in Thailand
This episode stands for multiple different things, one very important being - Allowing ourselves to make the decisions we need to make, without getting highly influenced by those that tell us they have more experience, so that we’re not blaming them if things don’t go our way. We believe…
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S1-E9 | Tushar Kataria | Software Developer | Back-End Developer at Myntra
Listen in as we uncover Tushar’s journey from an avid gamer in school to a Back-End Developer for Myntra, one of India’s biggest fashion E-Commerce companies. Tushar talks about writing a 1000 page HTML document, putting in the work, being the highest scorer in high school and how all that ranks…
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S1-E8 | Jacob Whitehead | Marketing | Senior Research Associate at Magellan Research Group
Another one related to finance and marketing, this time straight from wall street! Listen in as we uncover Jacob’s journey from giving the ACT exam 8 times to getting promoted at his NYC financial job multiple times in one year. We talk about getting along with and influencing people that don’t...
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S1-E7 | Gyanada Rasyara | Psychology | Psychologist at Cathena Education and Amicus Therapia
To raise awareness about September being the Sucide prevention Month, and World Mental Health day coming up on October 10, we thought we’d invite someone who has been working in the mental health industry for the past year. Currently a clinical psychologist at Cathena Education and her own…
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S1-E6 | Will Toll | Finance | Currently a Financial Advisor at Equitable (AXA)
Have you ever wondered what your buckets of investments should be? Our guest today tries to make sure his clients trust him so they let him handle their big investments. But what does it take to be a successful financial advisor? What does it take to work in a big and reputed financial firm? How...
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S1-E5 | Tejas Jonnalagadda | Mechanical Engineer | Currently a Process Development Engineer at Boston Scientific
Do opportunities come knocking on your door? What does it take to be successful in a place that is new to you? We talk about the workers high and those that are at work just for the 9 to 5. We discuss working for one of the biggest companies in the Medical industry. Listen to know why Tejas...
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S1-E4 | Mehak Pyarali | Public Relations | A potential future lawyer, currently house flipping
In this episode, our guest shares her journey of wanting to be a lawyer, a field she got into because of an argument she had with her teacher in fifth grade. Listen as we uncover how long she actually pursued that and what the Desi (People having strong roots and behaviors of the Indian...
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S1-E3 | Vrinda Batra | Hospitality and Linguistics | Currently a Japanese Language Translator at a Hospitality Firm
Listen as we talk to our guest about failing multiple times, dropping out of college, and finding something you love behind a mirage of lack of options. She has not only conquered learning one of the hardest languages in the world, but also found success through it, continuing to prove that a...
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S1-E2 | Bhavnoor Minocha | Art Editor | Currently an Assistant Art Editor at a Publishing House
This is an exciting episode, because today, we bring on our first guest! Bhavnoor, who currently works as an assistant art editor at Penguin Publishing House shares her experiences of convincing her relatives about her intent for pursuing Fashion and Design, living and working from home around an...
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Introducing Kadam - The small steps podcast
This is Kadam, the small steps podcast where we try to uncover what it means to have a traditional career. We will have conversations with people fresh in the industry - those whose experiences are often unjustly overlooked. To make the right long-term decisions, we believe one needs to have the...
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About this show
This is Kadam, the small steps podcast where we try to uncover what it means to have a traditional career.We will have conversations with people fresh in the industry - those whose experiences are often unjustly overlooked.To make the right long-term decisions, we believe one needs to have the proper understanding of the short term outcomes. At the end of each episode, we hope that our listeners can extract a little more meaning with a little more confidence to live life a little bit happier.Follow us on Instagram @KadamPodcast to make sure you’re caught up with all the small steps.
Hosted by
Hemansh Bhatia & Arjit Singh