Career Journeys Revealed

Han Yuan and Hitesh Chudhasama
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Join veteran tech leaders Han Yuan and Hitesh Chudasama as they unpack the career stories behind technology's most impactful transformations. Each episode features candid conversations with product and engineering leaders who share their hard-won insights, strategic decisions, and lessons learned. Along the way you'll learn how each person leveled up their career, their life, and the companies they worked for.

Episodes

  1. Ep 6 - Art of Scalability: Principles of Scaling Leadership in the Age of AI

    11/14/2025

    Ep 6 - Art of Scalability: Principles of Scaling Leadership in the Age of AI

    Send us a text In Episode 6, Han and Hitesh sit down with Marty Abbott, whose unconventional path took him from Army officer and paratrooper to CTO at eBay during its most explosive scaling period, and eventually to co-founding AKF Partners nearly two decades ago. Since then, he's worked with organizations ranging from high-growth startups to the White House—including helping fix healthcare.gov after its infamous launch failure. In this episode, Marty shares the discipline-driven principles that guided eBay through internet-scale challenges, why today's "black box" approach to technology creates dangerous vulnerabilities, and how the fundamentals of leadership and cross-functional engineering knowledge matter more than ever in the age of AI. Support the show Find us on LinkedIn! Han & Hitesh

    38 min
  2. Ep. 5 - Mastering Career Pivots: From Engineer to Fractional Leadership With Balki Kodarapu

    08/27/2025

    Ep. 5 - Mastering Career Pivots: From Engineer to Fractional Leadership With Balki Kodarapu

    Send us a text In Episode 5, Han and Hitesh sit down with Balki Kodarapu. Balki has built his career across 20+ years in fintech, analytics, and healthcare, evolving from individual contributor to fractional engineering leadership. In this episode, he discusses the critical decisions that shaped his transition from hands-on engineering to leading multiple companies simultaneously, and shares essential advice for engineers adapting to today's rapidly changing landscape. Support the show Find us on LinkedIn! Han & Hitesh

    41 min
  3. Ep. 4 - From Solo Problem-Solver to Systems Builder: Scaling Impact With Steve Heyman

    07/15/2025

    Ep. 4 - From Solo Problem-Solver to Systems Builder: Scaling Impact With Steve Heyman

    Send us a text In Episode 4, Han and Hitesh talk with Steve Heyman, CEO of SnowOwl, who discovered that true scale comes not from solving impossible problems yourself, but from creating systems where entire teams can tackle them together.  From writing web servers that handled a billion daily requests to building organizations from 0 to 80 people, Steve shares how he evolved from elite engineer to CEO over 25 years in Silicon Valley.  In this episode, he reveals why he chose to move beyond individual technical challenges to focus on organizational problem-solving, how he breaks down complex problems into tractable pieces for teams, and his framework for balancing engineering excellence with business reality. Support the show Find us on LinkedIn! Han & Hitesh

    46 min
  4. Ep. 3 - From Startup Fixer to Founder: Finding Your Path Through the Unknown With Sagar Shukla

    07/02/2025

    Ep. 3 - From Startup Fixer to Founder: Finding Your Path Through the Unknown With Sagar Shukla

    Send us a text In Episode 3, Han and Hitesh sit down with Sagar Shukla, CEO of Foresight. Sagar shares his journey from being employee #10 at DealCloud through its acquisition and IPO, to eventually starting his own company. In this episode, he discusses how navigating through brutal client demands and data disasters taught him resilience, why advocating for himself revealed when it was time to leave, and what it really means to be a "finder" rather than a founder in the startup world. Support the show Find us on LinkedIn! Han & Hitesh

    44 min
  5. Ep. 2 - Navigating Your Career to Drive Change at Fortune 500 Scale With Bala Meduri

    06/09/2025

    Ep. 2 - Navigating Your Career to Drive Change at Fortune 500 Scale With Bala Meduri

    Send us a text In Episode 2, Han and Hitesh sit down with Bala Meduri. Bala has built his career specializing in data and AI. In this episode, he discusses the professional decisions that enabled him to transition his career from leading foundation teams to business teams at a Fortune 500 company.  Support the show Find us on LinkedIn! Han & Hitesh

    30 min
  6. Ep. 1 - What to expect from this podcast

    04/07/2025

    Ep. 1 - What to expect from this podcast

    Send us a text In Episode 1, Han and Hitesh share their vision for this podcast — creating a space where tech leaders can learn from authentic stories, not sanitized success narratives. Expect candid insights, tactical advice, and hard-won wisdom from those who've shaped technology's frontier. Support the show Find us on LinkedIn! Han & Hitesh

    13 min
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Join veteran tech leaders Han Yuan and Hitesh Chudasama as they unpack the career stories behind technology's most impactful transformations. Each episode features candid conversations with product and engineering leaders who share their hard-won insights, strategic decisions, and lessons learned. Along the way you'll learn how each person leveled up their career, their life, and the companies they worked for.

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  • Creator
    Han Yuan and Hitesh Chudhasama
  • Years Active
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  • Episodes
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