Sukhi Gill, Co-Founder & CTO at Calitii: How to Succeed in Tech Without a Traditional Path

Episode Guest

A fully committed IT Consultant with over 30 years of industry experience. An outstanding record of achievement in sales and delivery of very large scale IT services in multi-billion dollar application development and infrastructure modernisation programs.

Episode Timestamps

00:00 - Introduction to Sukhi Gill & Calitii

01:26 - From Stacking Shelves to Tech Leadership

03:00 - Hard Work and Balancing Education with Family Duty

04:50 - Learning to Code on a BBC Micro

06:00 - Defining Real Hard Work

07:30 - Delivering Value Before Moving Up

09:00 - Simplifying Tech for Business Users

11:00 - Building MVPs and Understanding User Outcomes

12:45 - Compromising and Career Balance

14:30 - Importance of On-the-Job Learning

15:30 - Saying “I Don’t Know” as a Superpower

17:00 - Lifelong Learning and Reverse Mentoring

19:00 - Learning Across Generations at Work

20:30 - Early Career Pivot & Mini MBA Experience

23:00 - Building Business Mindset in Tech

25:00 - Personal Loss and Career Resilience

27:00 - Feeling Disadvantaged and Overcoming Bias

29:00 - Turning Differences into Strengths

30:40 - Soft Skills vs. Technical Skills

33:00 - Top Three Soft Skills for Success

35:00 - Getting Excited About Startups

37:00 - Startup Culture vs. Corporate Barriers

39:00 - Culture Change and Innovation in Large Orgs

40:20 - Getting Frustrated & Founding Calitii

42:00 - Importance of Working Abroad

44:00 - Standing Out Without a Title

46:00 - Building a Personal Brand and Public Voice

47:30 - Empowering Young Talent to Present to Clients

49:30 - Courage Before Confidence in Tech

50:45 - Impressive Client Demo by Graduates

52:00 - Best Way to Enter Tech Today

54:00 - Building a Project Portfolio & Hackathons

56:00 - Advice for CEOs: Get Curious About Tech

57:30 - Reverse Mentoring and Learning from Gen Z

59:00 - Start with Employees to Understand Customers

1:01:00 - Practical Client Research Creates Rapport

1:02:45 - Final Question: Sukhi's Duvet Flip

1:04:00 - Closing Thoughts & Thanks

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