I help mid-career and senior professionals navigate job search, career growth, and workplace realities in an AI-disrupted world. 

I’ve delivered 500+ talks and built a community of 320,000+ professionals across LinkedIn and YouTube.

Here is my story:

After spending 20+ years in the IT industry, I realized something important:

Most career problems are not caused by lack of skill.
They are caused by lack of clarity, positioning, and strategy.

In Feb 2025, I quit my corporate role to focus full-time on career coaching and education, specifically around topics that are rarely taught in schools, colleges, or corporate training programs.

Things like:

How careers actually grow after 10, 15, or 20 years

Why good performers still get stuck

How job search really works at senior levels

How AI is quietly changing expectations inside roles

How visibility, perception, and power shape outcomes

My corporate journey included over two decades at a global IT services firm, where I worked closely with large enterprise clients and spent time in both India and the US. That experience strongly shapes how I look at careers, not as theory, but as lived reality.

Today, I work with professionals who want:

Better roles, not just role changes

Stronger positioning, not random applications

Career growth that is intentional, not accidental

I offer:

One-on-one career coaching

Group coaching programs

Practical guidance on job search, growth strategy, and career decision-making

I also share regular content here on:
Job search
Career growth
AI impact on careers
Workplace realities

If my work resonates, you can follow along or reach out.

Email: careertalk@anandvaishampayan.com

Free job search & career tips email list: https://go.anandvaishampayan.com

One-on-one coaching:
https://careertalk.mojo.page/one-on-one-career-consulting-with-anand

One-year group coaching program:
https://careertalk.mojo.page/gold-courses-coaching-offer-one-year

If you’ve read all the way till here, let’s connect.

People usually don’t explore profiles without a reason.
If something here felt relevant to where you are in your career, I’d be happy to help.

Anand Vaishampayan

Across a 35–40 year career, you may work with dozens of managers.

But if you think carefully, your career is often shaped by just three bosses:

-> the one who gave you your first real opportunity
-> the one who challenged you the most
-> the one who believed in you when others did not

Most promotions, growth, and opportunities can be traced back to very few people.

Which means choosing who you work for may be more important than choosing where you work.

Do you agree?

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Career Coach & Strategist for Mid-Career and Senior Professionals | 20+ Years in IT Industry | Follow for posts on Job Search, Career Growth, AI Impact & Workplace Realities

-	21+ years experienced Technology Agnostic Leader & Accomplished Management Professional 

-	Digital, Creative & Marketing Technologist helping clients across various domains such as HealthCare, Retail, Marketing Technology (Digital Marketing) & Marketing Operations.  

-	Full Stack Technologist leading Front End, Back End Technologists, Quality Analysts along with Cloud Specialist (Azure/AWS), Program Managers & Architects working on Salesforce Marketing Cloud, .Net, Angular JS, React JS, Adobe AEM, Target, Campaign HTML, Chat Bot, Artificial Intelligence, Einstein, CDP, SAP etc

-	Business Setup and P&L Management. 

-	Managing High performing teams, across Geographies (EMEA, APAC, and NA).

-	Expertise in participation from RFI level to discovery, followed by Engagements Setup & creating self-sustained teams to run Business as Usual (BAU). 

-	Lead & Driven Community of Practices.

-	Proven ability to Deliver Projects On Time, On Quality & within Estimated Budget.

-	Microsoft Certified Azure Data Fundamentals

-	Microsoft Certified Azure AI Fundamentals

-	Microsoft Certified Azure Fundamentals

-	Salesforce Certified Marketing Cloud Email Specialist

-	Part of Leadership Team.

-	November 2023, Invited as Guest Speaker at IIM Kashipur for “Tejas : Leadership Talk Series” and covered topic “Implementing Winning Strategies”

▶︎ 𝐌𝐘 𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐑𝐎𝐋𝐄:

-Currently playing Head of Technology/ CTO role in Adani Digital Labs. Titled as Associate Vice President Technology! 


▶︎𝐇𝐎𝐖 𝐓𝐎 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐂𝐇 𝐌𝐄:

-Feel free to write to me at chaudhary.shagun@gmail.com for any further information.

Shagun Chaudhary

Number of years of Experience!!!

Experience is not just the count, it's the kind of work you do. Whether it's the same work repeated for X years or different types.

Different type of work where you scaled up, learn, drive things would always weigh more if you just repeated the same type of work for years.

Plus if you are just doing same things year after year, find ways to automate or use AI if possible than just repeating!!!!

#YearOfExperience #leadership #management #shagun2020

Data Archival should be a key strategy!!!


Systems are built with data growing exponentially. Lot of times things break when there is no Data Archival strategy.

One key learning, don't be reactive instead be proactive for planning Data Archival strategy ahead of time so that things are setup for success!! 

Without proper data Archival strategy you would end up seeing slow query responses, system being unstable and many other issues may occur. 

Right kind of Data Archival strategy can help your system to be responsive as expected, no surprises and long term stability!!!

Do share whether you prioritise data Archival or not?

#data #archival #strategy #leadership #management #shagun2020

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