Gaurav Raj
Early Life
I was born and brought up in a family belonging to a village of Bihar. I grew up but some part of me wants to visit this memory lane again and again. Like Mahatma Gandhi said, I also believe a part of my soul is still there.
“The soul of India lives in the village”
The initial days of my schooling were those of a normal student with nothing miraculous happening at the beginning. But by the time I had to appear for the board examination, I had developed a deep love for mathematics, which shaped my next few years of life.
With every passing year after my board examination, my interest and love for mathematics grew stronger. If I term this as an addiction, it will not be wrong. At the height of this love and addiction, it started affecting my daily life in a strange way, like a complete loss of interest in other academic subjects and difficulty in staying away from mathematics even for a few days.
This phase of life was spent in Bihar with my family of five, guided by a quote from Ramanujan.
‘An equation for me has no meaning unless it expresses a thought of God‘.
I crossed this phase with a newfound interest in coding. I will not say it was stronger than what it was for mathematics, but it was good enough to gain affection and appreciation from my faculties and newfound attention across sections during my college life for a longer duration. Also, it helped me further securing a job during campus placements.
Career Journey
Professional responsibilities took me to a new city Gurgaon (NCR). This is where I entered in Software field as an IT Professional and met some of the distinct characters.
My professional responsibilities again took me to Paris. In this new city, two things helped me to move forward, first the view of the lightening of Eiffel tower from my window and second celebrating my 30th birthday on the side yards of the Louvre Museum (Paris). This is still one of the ecstatic moments I cherish upon.
In last 13 years or so, I have worked at some great services and product-based organizations, highly intellectual professionals, very demanding projects, innovative proof of concepts and team members who eventually turned out to be great friends or mentors.
Writing
Here at this meeting juncture, I will take you with me on the different interesting journeys of many characters either fictional or real. Few times some of those characters can be from my experiences, a few times from my imagination or mythologies. Few times you will experience reality and fiction coinciding with each other.
But one thing is sure, when you decide to visit any of such a character’s journey here, you will not be alone. I will be there for you, surprising you with the ups and downs of events. All these experiences can happen at the nearest checkpoint called “BLOGS“.
Also, you will get to read different Blogs regarding Tech Career Growth and trending technologies.
Lockdown came as an opportunity to me where my blogs and stories were continuously loved which gave me the motivation to complete this book “The Mystical Himalayan Yeti” whose storyline many appreciated.
Teaching & Mentoring
Year 2021, got into a newfound interest of Teaching. From 2021 to 2024 mentored hundreds of professionals and students on Topics like Communication Skills / System Design, Programming Languages and Career guidance via Online Mentorship sessions or Webinars.
To streamline this interest in 2024 joined Topmate.io platform and in 1 year by the trust shown and affection of mentees on this platform now recognised as Top 0.1 % Mentor with 100+ 5* rating. I am also regularly uploading Tutorial Videos on my YouTube Channel to help people understand Core Technology Concepts and solving problems related to career growth.
Connect
I would love to listen back from you, about your experiences here, and for this, there is one stoppage called “CONTACT“. From there you can connect with your medium of convenience, with a message, information, request, or offer of your choice.
