A Leader’s Mind Part 1: Shivraj Kumar, ADoE

I always enjoyed exploring new things; I started coding quite early in school and adapted to it quickly as I enjoyed the teaching methods. I was always into problem-solving and was lucky enough to be brought up in an environment where I got to work with computers from a relatively young age. My love for coding grew over the years I have spent in the industry and I have mostly enjoyed the process as it allowed me to think outside the box and solve problems in my unique way.

I explored the app development world quite a bit as a core part of the product team at geekyAnts. The whole process started as we were one of the first people to work with React Native, which led to the creation of NativeBase, and I was honored to be part of it. We created many open-source innovations that got us recognition from the development community. It started with tech talks and meeting other people from the community, which led to understanding and looking at problems from different perspectives, which was an exciting whirlwind experience. 

As I've grown and entered the business side of things, I understand more about how it's a give and take relationship with my team. They constantly keep me on my toes with questions about new technologies and the problems coming up with the latest tech stacks, making learning more fun through their thirst for knowledge.

When I don't feel like I am being challenged enough, it makes me feel unsatisfied, because of which I have always believed that learning is limitless. I think the journey has just begun, and the future holds a time where I will continue to learn new things and how they are made better with the changes in technology.