On Episode 9 of #LearningStories we chat with Sandesh Kini. Sandesh is a computer engineer by training who aims to use his skillset and knowledge to solve interesting real world problems. He is currently a senior product manager at Shopify and is based out of Toronto, Canada. He was born and brought up in Bahrain and then completed a Bachelor of Technology degree in Computer Science and Engineering at the Manipal Institute of Technology. He then acquired 7 years of experience in the software and product development space at companies like Shopify, ZipGo, Just Code, Jobspire (co-founded) and 622 Solutions (co-founded). As an entrepreneur he co-founded and sold Jobspire and Invoice Falcon (through 622 Solutions). Jobspire is a visual and experiential job search platform. He created Invoice Falcon at 622 Solutions which is an automated and customised invoice generating service for the Shopify Platform. In the past 5 years he scaled Jobspire to 1000+ clients, led product development for India’s biggest office commute platform, built one of Shopify’s best invoicing apps and is now solving interesting challenges at Shopify. On the creative side he has directed and acted in plays, produced short films and started a Youtube Channel focused on sketches and tech review that reached 1.5 million views in 6 months. Outside of work he spends his time training and following up on competitive building. In 2013, he underwent a major body transformation and dropped from 110 kgs to 72 kgs. He values solving interesting problems, unique life experiences and being the strongest best version of himself. You can find him on Linkedin at https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandeshkini/.