In an effort to help students understand how things work in corporate world, we interview top performing employees in different organizations. In this part of series, we have interviewed Vishesh Sethi, who is working with IBM India Ltd. He has previously worked with Microsoft, and has done his MBA from ISB Hyderabad.
PracLabs: Tell us about the company in which you work and various job roles in your company?
PracLabs: Tell us about the company in which you work and various job roles in your company?
Vishesh: I am working for IBM India Pvt Ltd. I am working as a Strategy Consultant. Apart from
consulting there are various roles in Sales, HR, Finance, Service Delivery, Marketing , IT
departments etc.
PracLabs: What day to day activities do you perform at your work?
Vishesh: We have various offerings such as Technology Strategy, Business Process Redesign, Market Entry Strategies etc for which we provide consulting services to client
PracLabs: What kind of challenges do you face at your work?
Vishesh: We deal with new people, new geographies, and new clients very frequently as our typical consulting assignments are for 4-8 weeks. Working in such as dynamic environment keeps us on our toes all the time. Consistent learning, short project timelines, and adjusting in new business and cultural environment are some of the challenges of my job.
PracLabs: Which skills should a student learn to work in your company and specifically in your job role?
Vishesh: Problem Solving, Communication and Presentation are the key skills required for my job.
PracLabs: Tell us how your job at IBM now is different from the one at Microsoft?
Vishesh: My job at IBM is consulting whereas as at Microsoft it was Product development. Both the jobs have their own challenges. At Microsoft I use to develop tools and softwares to test the quality of Windows Code whereas in IBM we design Processes for organizations so that they can operate efficiently, make technology and business strategies for them so that they can achieve their long term goals and missions
PracLabs: Which subjects do you feel you should have learned better when you were studying at college/university?
Vishesh: Schools generally teach us tools and frameworks to understand and solve business problems. With time constraints at hand they have prioritized to teach fundamentals of disciplines such as business or technology to students. I believe understanding of business sectors and application of technology to those sectors is something I should have learnt better during my graduation and post graduation.
PracLabs: Which skills do you feel student should always learn to become successful in corporate world?
Vishesh: Business environments are very dynamic in the corporate world. Strategies , Technologies , macro environments etc keep changing very frequently so students should always keep learning new advancements in their fields and keep working on their problem solving and communication skills.
PracLabs: Which book you are reading right now? And which books you will suggest students must read?
Vishesh: I am reading “ The Quants” by Scott Patterson. The book talks about how a new breed of Math Whizzes Conquered Wall Street and nearly destroyed It. I suggest students to read books related to their fields and some generic books that can provide them a 50,000 foot view about the world and how various disciplines such as economics, mathematics, arts etc are shaping it in a way it is now. Few books that come to my mind are: The world is flat, The Lexus and Olive tree, Men of Mathematics etc.
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