In conversation with Coaching Guru, Sivakumar from PM Power Consulting , he shares experiences with Gayatri From PM Power Consulting on his journeyDiscovered passion in a cascading manner by way of experimentingCurrent full stack developers and enjoyed starting in software as a full stack engineerSoftware projects are social organizations that needs to be nurturedUnderstanding of fulcrum and levers that you have to balance people and capability developmentStories of two contrasting software deliveriesOne with a large development project that started off with great fanfare ends up in legal tussleSecond that starts with many SLAs ends up with customer accoladesBridge between the two lies alignment of vision, trust and teamworkChanges are evident now in business investing energy and effort in technology teams Stakeholder and People management - two sides of the same coin to manage culture, communicationCan you become a person of influence - providing support, person of values and continuous beacon to facilitate conversationsHighly momentous time personally to let go of control and let the team do their workBeing a coach, Shiv points out various dimensions he’s found to add value based on the situation - as a mentor, agile custodian Imparting learning through story telling and case study nuggetsExperiment early and understand your passions like Shiv has found passion for writing caselets/stories/monographsFind an unforgiving mentor to hold you to high standards or an uncomfortable mirror early in your careerShiv can be reached at https://pm-powerconsulting.com/experts/sivakumar/ and https://www.linkedin.com/in/sivakumar-subramanyan-1a78101/ Gayatri can be contacted at https://www.linkedin.com/in/gaya3k/