Hello everyone. Welcome to the Daily Grind. My name is Kelly Johnson and we are an episode 17 already. Isn't that crazy? Well, the best is yet to come in another week. We have a really special guests on today. I will introduce them. I don't know Chaudhary. He is a software engineer at Microsoft for over three years. And in the Seattle area. He he's truly live in The Daily Grind flying into Chicago every weekend to pursue his MBA at Chicago Booth.School of Business has served as CTO at nonprofit called the irrelevant project fighting gender stereotypes formation adolescence and is a passionate instrumentalist and songwriter. So welcome. Anurag's woohoo. Thanks for inviting me. It's truly a pleasure. Capable of listening to podcasts as much as I enjoy but being one. Yes, definitely. I'm so glad to have you on our show your you have such a great personality and background and truly live in The Daily Grind and so much to talk about today or as much as we can basically anurag's so I guess first off. So what's up? It's been a while since the last time I saw you in Seattle. Yeah life and crazy and like I said, I just tried to keep school. So traveling and new lifestyle is definitely something I'm still getting used to but yeah, it's been great. And I'm so glad you talking again same here. Yeah, like last time listeners anuraga. I had a trip out to Seattle and Portland so got to take some time with on Iraq to tour the Microsoft campus. And then basically it was like the weeks before you started your whole master's program. You were telling me like the gist of it of How it's coming they're like, yeah, I'm gonna fly in every weekend and so you're definitely racking up the mileage points. I'm guessing travel wise. Lunch, but it only ends up security. So I got that so I really make sure that I can manage being late and to make a flight and also have lunch access when I'm hungry. Oh that's just perfect fits in with your busy schedule. You tell us a little bit back about your background and then what got you into software engineering sure. Yeah, so in India, To be called Sakura and then I went to Illinois University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign for a few days you would know. Drawn towards anything that ran on batteries or electricity. It could be a calculator or computer keyboard or in a microwave. I would make sure I exhaust all my story issues with that like knew what we were capable of and it really just translating to be into me being interested coding and being able to make computers to what I wanted to do. What is that way try because I feel like yours are the only ethical slave. We're used to and you can tell the computer to play a song over a hundred times and would do it without showing any signs of tiredness or any complaints. So that was very fascinated me and I approve I think Middle School the first time I was exposed to a programming language and I remember making the furiously quiz that I made all my family members go through which just you on how you perform, but those that I knew I wanted to And I took it up a few agency and here I am at converting other companies always change of working at working in and I can be happy. That's that's great. Just certainly knew what you wanted to do when you're super young which is that's pretty unique. So then you continue through college and then through work and now you're in your master, so I guess maybe next steps to what got you interested in pursuing your Masters. Yeah. Yeah, so what happened was suicide Microsoft. I realized that outside of my professional and work life. I had little bit to do something. I feel like a lot of you guys have that flexibility and the overwhelming freedom to do anything with their lives. So I end up joining this nonprofit as a developer. He has a project and I like the concept of gender intervention. Much that I asked them if I could step up and video which they happily agreed to and as soon as I did that I realized that a lot because decisions I was making involve these brainstorming sessions. I was doing was lacking the business justification or evidence and I really wanted to fill that gap which is why I realized that the monsters and then being in business would really help also because entrepreneurship runs in my family my dad my sister. After my my sister's husband, they're all entrepreneurs and they're all doing great. So I was very drawn to where's that aspect of business as well and they do want to eventually start my own company. So I feel like all this data education and the network and the opportunities will be great for pursuing those things. I was just going to ask you to your family background or anyone else has like motivated you or inspired you to do what you do today or now you signed up for a master's but yeah entrepreneurship. Things like that. Did you I guess when you're younger to get exposure to doing entrepreneurship or pure science things of that like where you in clubs through like high school or college or other nonprofits to Choice question first. If not, explicitly. I was never owner or even part of the founding Club farming group of startups in high school or in college, but I did See my dad because you go through the whole process and that was definitely inspiring and that's me. Look at the perspective of how do you struggle is and and how good do you work in people in terms of success and satisfaction and that guy that did play a big role in me deciding to be introduced but haven't gotten there yet, but definitely the experience as a PTO got it got me really close to the hole. Crying and password that is required to sign on top. Yeah, what about computer science is about coding definitely like it said all middle school high school. I was involved in different aspects of coding. It could be different languages or different applications. I was building and I think few European colonies his first time I actually feel something that I was able to sell to another company. I saw that this company was doing so Smells labor that could be automated easily and I ended up for typing in the stool for them that they really like so I spent another two months sort of ties and good and then it actually felt it to them and they still sent emails about how much the benefit out of it. So it's crazy how much how little effort or house just a little organization can improve someone's life so much. So that was nice for your computer science, and I was a lot of clubs at school. Are you see and also post your eyes yet? Microsoft most part of small Initiative for coding or for teaching how to code to just last year. I will all cheering at high school to teach freshman High School how to curl and they were all the course because they were kind of forced to take it but I did see a lot of these lines that were kind of on the fence. They were like given that and meeting that position to tell them what would you like offers was great. Excited for example that yeah, you're such a self starter in regards to it evens. You sell your own products basically and now you're inspiring other kids or other adolescents are looking to go have a similar career path to yours. Yeah being in the industry. Do you think this is a do you think there's a trend of more careers more jobs doing like what you're doing or since you're probably one of the first ones on my podcast that is has this background. Can you like explain to our listeners? Like what? You think are your perspective on this industry growing and different paths that might take? Absolutely. Yeah, I didn't notice that I was going to be a podcast night. I noticed that there were clearly more sports cars a lot of people on it and I feel like I'm the first key Hideki first a big uptick in the number of jobs in stem, especially in computer science. And the good thing right now is that there are more jobs than people. For capable or skills to do it. So definitely if that's something that letters are interested in or know of someone in school still who want to pursue computer science. It is be that's causing the most in-demand career up there right now. Also the initiate is about Bridging the gender gap through go to code or all these different initiatives group really want more female implementation computer science. This is also very satisfying to see knowing how the industry all how all Industries are converging or teens being fluent by computer science also speaks volumes of how relevant specific mysterious right now. Hmm, lots lots of innovation lots of Technology changes and yeah electric cars or telephones or even fridges with these screens and Alexa and Google This policy like that is not one industry that has been spared grams with the coding. So she's someone who was killed I interested in computers can definitely find their interest or been industrious decided to get into and to find relevant new technology collaborations on like phones or Electronics or even like consumer goods. Do you have any give me hints or anything that you anticipate? speight getting more liability and research and do you have been one of the hottest topics out there right now is artificial intelligence and how the world is trying to leverage the power and the flexibility computers to predict how people behave how natural elements behave so if you are patient comes in for definitely something that people take over the world by traumas knowledge And if you think that when we talk about Solutions between you could think of is the token word computer technology, which is not really so much about good things over to be much more about computers augmenting human life applies to a greater extent than what they are dead. And it's very common to see just how different aspects able to hit on with machine learning and being able to train these computers to understand how things Who come up and say things that I feel is how we wrecked be able to embed technology into the smallest of things which is usually referred to as the things which we need that we connecting everything that we see in our daily lives to the cloud to the internet and making sense part. So it could be microwaves. It could be industry appliances activity your notebook. It could be anything that you would otherwise think of being disconnected, but good. Left Edge connectivity to do smarter things obviously, that's what I feel like are definitely finding our future would look like and if I hadn't sufficiently think that is more specific. I would probably not be able to do that quite a few definitely. Definitely. Yeah. I thought I'd ask this in the most knowledgeable person that's been on my podcast so far and I had obviously I'm not in I'm not in this industry but more and consuming. Summer goods and Sporting Goods it talking about like the daily interactions what you do on a daily basis just to make our jobs easier or lives easier in general. So you talked about yeah your nonprofit experience what you currently do your studies that whole Daily Grind that you do on a daily basis. How do you how do you like balance your schedule? Like how you manage your time? I'll give you this though. You think that striving for to the process is to her new lifestyle and trying to optimize Kathy said won't be tempted by food. I got from another of my classmates who's going through the same thing was to not read anything that would otherwise be considered crazy. So when I got my friend Pepe, I travel to Chicago every weekend tested for a half hour flight and two hours time difference and they Just all white I me and think of me are the creative Pursuits and vigor. It is crazy things that you would want to unless you have been tempted to do it. But she like the first two weeks when I said something like this, I will definitely stressing myself out. I was rushing to the airport. I was juggling food packing and unpacking and doing mature scientist just paint overwhelming but after seeing this trend, I realize that if we Always dread experience no matter how convenient exist with myself out on that. So that changes mindset and just approaching it with some level of positivity would definitely definitely changed to where I was able to manage it. I was now able to More Often by a thread I was able to read more wealth mewling or just catch up on email on the slide even the launcher. That I could make sure that I would do my dinners at the airport. So all those really helps me systemize the crazy schedule. So the question of how we do it at this is more about this is what about what my mind is doing when i'm doing these things. Yeah. Definitely. Yeah, just like a positive outlook and then just planning ahead. So setting up a schedule and well, I wouldn't say multitasking but being efficient with your time and your in different places. Or while you're commuting to and from places. I think that's really important. Mmm. I think it's really important. Just even I don't I don't fly out or I'm not currently studying anything. But when I try to maximize my time, like if I drive up to Wisconsin, or if I am traveling to visit someone or going places I try to think of other things to do or read or things that have going on to help maximize my time or just and they give it on the positive side. Don't think of as negative just saying Love it. Oh a new way of getting things done being efficient. That's that's really interesting. It's just goes beyond flying. You think it could be something as simple as working out get here. If you're thinking always thinking about churches can always trim. You would probably not be able to stay working out on a regular basis. You have to look forward in something you doing despite it being hard or incompletely and maybe down the line you're enjoying it. That's the idea that we hope that I have been essentially. Within the next two years I start enjoying this process about meeting new people on the airplanes or just being able to have more friends on both sides to treat me like and just be idea of doing something drastically different on weekends supposed to weekdays. I think those aspects of tiny lifetime will definitely be more enjoyable and interesting interesting moving on definitely a things to look forward to and then also have like the end result or what It's you'll get out of your travels or your studies or whatever short term or long goalie have I think that applies to for anything that just life or career or sports? But whatever you're passionate about and looking towards know and I know you travel so much. Yes, definitely for instance this weekend. I'm actually going up to Wisconsin my current must turning 80 years old, so Stranding finding time and I'm training for this Marathon. So trying to find time to run my long run but then have time for family and then also have time for friends and also have time for planning for like my mom the the Turkey Trot. I'm hosting coming up logistically other things like a lot of stuff you have in the air but like you mentioned before have a positive outlook to it and then don't think is is a burden Thicket of it more as time to actually utilize use your strengths and time management and prioritizing and things of that making the most of it. So yeah, we're both we're both on our daily grinds other my intro I touchdown and passionate instrumentalist and songwriter. So maybe let's transition and music so honor act he tell us a little bit more about what's going on in that area. Okay, not a whole lot. I started with the keyboard when I was about 10 years old and it was funny because my to was the one getting lessons and I would just watch her getting the best friends and feel each other's of me not can say that I started playing the keyboard and had a small screen with instructions on it and very soon. I was able to compose without really having informal letters. My parents finally saw that in me and they got Computer to school and through college I will multiple bands and had not collaboration. So that really helps me understand what kind of music I want to donate or enjoy listening or playing and this point in my life Matt rush. So I haven't been able to produce as much as I do right more than I cover Citrus experience where I completely shut my brain off. Art work stuff and just engage all my creative juices into writing and improvising is like and how actually it's you take it all the way back. That's how Kelly and I met ya friend is when I was in the back and Kelly was fingers friend and I was in Chicago for internship and used to Kelly. So yeah basic might not be Especially with fully opened up doors for meeting interesting people Through Torture to music or not. But he also has to be relax and unwind again. I was just going to touch on that. So basically yeah music brings people together like you and I I admire what you do because I'm not an artist or musician by any means by love watching music or live or listening to people's how talented our and them expressing their path. Passion for music through songs or however, however channels I guess you'd say it I definitely admire what you do and I can tell it's look it's a lot. It's like any other like a sport or even anything else or a hobby. It's it's what you put work the work they put in you get you produce things. So more things come out song the writing. That's so cool. Did you consider it as it's like a stress reliever something that you can relax? You said you like relax. It's something I can do outside. work for sure. Yeah, so I don't know if there's science behind this. She should dive learning into a completely different activity definitely keeps both your engagements to talk and when I play music it definitely brings me back to let me rephrase that it definitely relieves stress and help me take my mind off work, which is important. Otherwise, I just burnt out and to be something Passive listening to that. I want to cover or just getting on an instrument to be guitar and keyboard and displaying what comes to buying. It really suits me and helps me relax. Yeah be producing music or even in general to do you listen to music via like Spotify like iTunes SoundCloud you have like a go to and like playlist. I'm guessing. Yeah Spotify has been up for me. I have all the trailers that I listened to on there and I really like their creative as well. So if I'm feeling in the Orson feeling sad, there's a place called devastating beautiful. You should always do it for every mood and every genre so he helps me get all these preparations or ideas or displaying the listen to music I want to do so It has by all these different requirements I have for musica. It kind of crazy right just about 10 years ago. The only way he would get music is through CDs books. I thought you downloading YouTube videos and how we have access to this one app that has just almost every music we've ever listen to you or one listened and they keep coming. So yeah, I agree. That's all. Yeah. That's all. Because that's just how fast computers has been transitioning and the space has been growing and these apps and these new paint analyzer Testament to just how powerful this is. Definitely. Yeah just ties into our overall theme for today and your background in software engineering and computer science just like how music has been affected through that realm Innovation through music. I remember getting like my first see see I were having a CD player and then my first iPod Nano and now I just use my phone. You back. Yeah, I wouldn't have imagined when I had my first I thought not as felt that one day I everything would be on the phone. I would not have to rip CDs. I will not have to download it. Illegally. It's like barely a few dollars. Yeah, things are things have changed things have changed for the better though. Definitely helps me out. I use I use musical I listen to music at work. And then I also like you I have like moods or I And stuff I'm when I'm outside the office or when I'm working out or run it. I have a couple of like running playlist I go to Second Run Kelly fast. Yeah. So music is selling like the grounding think that Lisa. Yeah. It makes me it makes me run faster. It motivates me to run fast because if I don't run fast, I can't hold that hashtag, you know anymore. Just having that it makes is my own personal branded identity. There's no one else on the I've looked I've searched I recently searched like a few weeks ago. Like, oh, I wonder if there's anyone else using this hashtag, but there actually isn't it's that separates me too because my last name is really common. So there's not a lot of Kelly Johnson. Sorry Kelly fast. So yes that yourself apart. Do you have any like screen names or nicknames for your music background or even your engineering background nicknames? I don't I do have. Have crossed all platforms and how it is under your accepted you at the site and there is a story why I'm five drop everywhere, which is ten other really common name in India, and they wanted a shorter handles across all platforms. So very, you know, it's very young freshman high school was when I adopted on five drug, and I'm sure she's up front about anything. You could be YouTube Instagram Facebook. LinkedIn it all and text box so that you'll be definitely more be handled by have out. That's good. Yeah. Hey, no, it's not yourself apart to and you can remember it's good. Yeah, I like remember it easy to remember. I like. Yeah like the stories. Do you have any do you like going to on the music side to do you like going to like live shows? Yes playing with other people other musicians do collaborate with other people that have background music. Eric Yeah, so to the first question, I luckily live shows. I feel like that just shows different type of the artist. You've always listened to in on Spotify or on speakers and Google play or I know Taylor Swift. They just have these extraordinary concerts that you would be all she should all go. I think said I haven't been able to attend a lot of conferences together effectively schedule and because every time I want to go to concert it's happening the next week. And the debates are ridiculously high we tried or just found a little planning while also all the big artists. Have you want to get those tickets much earlier? And I'm not one of those people who always looks better. So I usually fail but that question about collaboration. Absolutely. I think that's one of the best parts of being in addition is that you can easily find more people interested and also want to collaborate it's the bring so much more for inspiration and Just like on board. For example, if they have their background and Chaz or blues and you come in with something that is more in the or or alternative music you can be combination is always such incredibly satisfying thing to see some upcoming and it had that put a lot of artists locally and even overseas through site. So now That are on YouTube or any streaming channels, but just be just playing with them. Just jamming with them. It's great. Hmm. Do you have groups both in Seattle and Chicago that you collaborate with? not The Unwanted eventually to be tracked but are usually unable to do so, so I am in the same boat I have so many different partners that I have recorded that I want to eventually make a song out of your son work. Those are the core temp would never get a few hours the middle of my schedule. I mean, yeah, you have them saved on your on your on your computer so or your phone so you're good to go down the road. It's just yeah just finding time for it. Basically. How about on the Live music side. Do you see any there's I've only been CL once I was my first time out there. Do you see any like similarities or differences between the music scene in Chicago and Seattle? Jack so just street musician price. I feel like Rahul was at me more blues and more very different from the Shadows music scene, which is more crunch more think even more crop and feel than jazz or Blues which is more of a Chicago thing. So definitely a remarkable difference and the live music see because Seattle is the birthplace of Jimi Hendrix and Nirvana so that up into ends what people would do here and what people what kind of conditions come out to sea so it's a little bit big place in the foreman. You can still all big leaders and all big artists definitely head up Seattle during the network. So I haven't had any time when I felt like not to tell you want to listen to and they were in touring in Seattle. It's a hard place to travel to I'll tell you that I'd love to go back and visit again a good time. I was only there for a couple days but there's tons of stuff to do and see it's kind of funny how to like Chicago is like inheriting some things from the West Coast as well. And since we just opened up our our Starbucks Roastery reserve a last weekend. Have you had a chance to visit our one in Chicago yet on Iraq or it just opened up. I mean last Friday, so I've had so much Chicago. It should I go do my homework and the Hey, where's the type of cuts coming and be great. You should hit that place. I'm like, okay, I didn't probably need to learn to let go Starbucks. So I know the people of Chicago were definitely excited about these doors coming up and it is actually a great thing that with the wine in Seattle and they have the rosetree and they had these flights and I think you went with the same method as well. Right. Yeah, I got to check out the thing. Yeah, I got check out the one Seattle the Roasterie. I did a flight of the coffee. That was really good. I didn't get to check out and having the bakery. I guess their late-night more like alcoholic beverages. I didn't get a chance to do that overall. I thought it was a really cool experience. Lots of like interactive stations and things you got to see the employees making these creations and person or parts of the the Brewing process Chicago on I Not got a chance yet to visit. I walk past the Roasterie like every day to work and every day when I walked home and there's just been crazy lines to get in. I've heard that over the weekend not so much on Friday, but I'd say Saturday and Sunday. It was like over an hour wait to just get in and that's through the whole entire day both in the later morning afternoon and evening this morning when I did walk to work. I there actually was not aligned surprisingly, but I'd say the mornings are I'm more free, but once your afternoon to evening, it gets packed up because obviously that's that's our Rush Hour seen basically so lots of foot traffic and it's still not even a week old. So I expect them to the tourists are people people will have heard saying it's like the coffee capital of the world. I don't know that's that's that's pretty bold statement there Chicago's putting herself on the map. Again, we're different products. So I'm glad to be part of the the coffee. in here So we predict that happening be among excitement. I saw just by the common people on the weekends about Starbucks and I would kind of I got paid that this would happen where people just wind up all parts and day just to go into the same store that they have been to all realize. It's a different setting and bigger store and with more options, I guess but the vibe on this is what people would line up for. Guess this one is compared to the ones yell. This one is five stories tall. So there's a couple different floors. It looks like they just made things a little bit bigger and they have I think with the other floors that have space to hold weddings or corporate events. So that's probably something that's a little bit different to reserve. I haven't seen obviously. I haven't seen any like private parties go through yet. I know they had like the day before I think last Thursday. They had like a VIP just exclusive. It was just like a soft opening. Lee to just a VIP list of different celebrities or people that follow the brand very heavily coffee connoisseurs and I heard that they had a chance The Chance the Rapper as a guest DJ there and they also had CEO Kevin Johnson he would he made an appearance. That's why I heard. Unfortunately. I was not on the list to make the cut but I saw that online. Wow. Yeah, meet me either so I'm curious to see world's is coming to you listeners are outside Chicago books grocery that's on Michigan Ave. Which is a super busy shopping street and there's laughs Flagship stores on there. For instance. I'm Under Armour has a flagship store. Nike is a store there. So a lot of like big Uniqlo has a store there. So a lot of like big bigger businesses should go to the Starbucks Roastery. They actually went into it used to be in Barrel store. I used to be a crater. Barrel location there. So they took over that big space. So it's cool that they at least they fill that vacant spot on the street, but Starbucks has definitely done a really good job, at least on the exterior. I've got to go in the inside to to give you a review. Yeah, and I can't wait to check that place out and I'm hoping that within a few weeks the novelty will die off and people will allow other casual pedestrians to enter and not have line up or sign up on that. Yes. Definitely. I think too. It's just like any other big business that has or a franchise that has a new location just turned a ton of Buzz going through right now and so in with it being the Holidays coming up heart of Chicago gets so into so into the holidays Thanksgiving Christmas other celebrations New Year's how they look how they light celebration coming up soon. So that just adds to the traffic I think as well. Imagine them going all in all these activities and yeah actually on the flip side. Do you see people in Seattle? Like is there a buzz saying that like, oh Chicago has this new Starbucks or things that because Starbucks did originated by you. But its shadow I can say the that it tells something that people don't don't necessarily want more of that is coffee he or she has so many locations so many different players in the Dutch really happy about that coffee. We have Starbucks and just every corner has location and we already have Starbucks reserve and others big station locations that we definitely don't envy Chicago at this point. Okay with her she has I think that I mean I'm just intrigued and interested in checking out Chicago one thinking it seems like they must have done things a little differently based on the people of Chicago and the location it's in so that would be interesting. But yeah, it's definitely very laid back in terms of Lifestyle in terms of the Kinder's. Celebrations and the decorations that we have here for homely more. Yeah that we more laid-back. So I think that's why I like I like not how being surprised by Too Many Lives or two heavy things going on by this notion of Seattle's grease from our second quarter. I just feel like it's a very welcoming City. Interesting. Yeah, you made her alive good valid points there in regards to the different. I mean, yeah sales on the west coast mourn our Chicago is like in the midwest so it's two different areas, but it's interesting to see how things how things are similar and different and by enjoy to about like traveling as well or finding time when I can to personally travel just to see different parts of the country and what the different Vibes are or how people live on What's the culture like an What do people what do people frequent a lot or that the hotspot? I know we talked about your daily schedule, but what's On Your Daily Grind on Iraq in the upcoming weeks or later this year? So I really want to right now I wake up about 7:45 or 8 a.m. I rush to work I come back from work. I do homework and then I pretty much just play something or cast my phone and waste time and end up sleeping. And probably one so I'm not really getting more than six two six and a half hours of sleep. So that means and usually more tired and one tea I don't get much time to work out. So that's something I'm definitely working on just being more Vigilant and more cognizant of my energy and physical health. So fix that moving on and the the other big part about being in two different cities in a week is the time sounds and our country its first time zones, so she has to sit out and we are helping to our part. I want the entire schedule where I wake up early enough in Seattle such that when I am in Chicago, I don't have to pay that that being two hours in the future. Hmm. You're probably go on the first people I've ever interviewed that deals with that time zone change like every week or on a regular basis. Yeah. Daylight Saving in the same week every week. Yeah, that's possible. Do you have a word of the day for our listeners out there that help motivate them through their own daily grinds. Yeah, it's three words if I that's okay. We all kind of agree with but we don't necessarily think about it, which is don't be lazy. I feel like laziness is such a productivity and angular and they're such so small ways easy fixes and you can make stop being lazy that could be a concrete porch or maybe something that incorporates. Now that remind you not basic but you like yeah, that's something that can be interpreted differently based on where you are in life that to me is definitely the word is be month. But yeah, I would apply that to every day of my life or something more bet you if you're able to move around or do things like don't be lazy get yourself off the couch and go do something go achieve your goal. Like it. Don't be lazy. Okay. Look, it's okay. Yeah, awesome. How about I don't know if our listeners have any questions comments. How can they get in touch with you after after the podcast? Oh, yeah by all means. very vulnerable and available on the internet quick search Mind Of The Nation also need to talk but I would argue that your Niche or type tell you that if you are comfortable with Facebook, you can find me at facebook.com slash and Five Frogs, which is a and v RH V and this handle both all platforms that you're more of a LinkedIn or more than Instagram person should to linkedin.com / + 5 hours or Into that not calm fashion Python, and I'm very open to conversations about cheering about business school about this exciting that my interest listeners in talking about and very open to back. So we talked wherever you see most Optical and I do have all the apps on my phone. I do delete that sometimes when I feel like I'm doing too much of it, but I will respond to some of the fear great. Thank you on Iraq and I will for sure listeners put all of his contact info in our Notes for today. 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Don't be lazy (all the time) and optimize your schedule on the Daily Grind, your new weekly motivational podcast. This episode features Kelly Johnson and special guest Anurag Choudhary! Choudhary has been a software engineer at Microsoft for over 3 years and flies into Chicago every weekend pursuing his MBA at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He has served as CTO at the Irrelevant Project, a nonprofit fighting gender stereotypes formation in adolescents, and is a passionate instrumentalist and songwriter. Choudhary is originally from India and currently lives and works in the Seattle area. In today's episode, we talk about Choudhary's 'daily grind' from traveling to and from his masters program while finding time for his community involvement and passion for music, how to have a positive mindset in overcoming busy schedules, engineering industry trends, and differences between laid-back Seattle and happy-holidays Chicago. Audio Credit Intro: Draw The Line Mastered by Connor Christian Follow our Host: Twitter: @kellyjlefty Instagram: @kellyjlefty Website: http://www.kjfwi.org Follow our Special Guest: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/an5rag Instagram: @an5rag  ---   Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kjfdailygrind/support 