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.

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If something here felt relevant to where you are in your career, I’d be happy to help.

Anand Vaishampayan

A senior data analyst currently working with the Global Data Insights and Analytics (GDIA) department at Ford Motor Company. I use tools like Power BI, Excel, Alteryx, BigQuery, Python, etc., to help create reports and dashboards for the business teams of Ford Motor Company.

I started my career journey at Tata 1MG as a Data Analyst - Intern where I helped the Brand team at 1MG take strategic marketing decisions by extracting insights from their marketing campaign data. 

Later, I worked with Anantara Solutions as a Power BI developer, where I collaborated with the clients of Anantara to build and manage BI dashboards using tools such as Power BI, SQL Server, Azure services, Excel, etc.

I'm good at extracting valuable business insights by processing raw data sets using various tools and convey it to relevant stakeholders thereby empower them to make informed business decisions.

Data processing --> Information --> Insights --> Business decisions

I possess very good communication skills, both verbal and written. Thanks to my volunteering leadership roles in the past which helped me attain them. 

Along with that, I have prior experience in teaching/training (both online and offline mode). I'm good at presenting content to people in a way that they would understand it with ease. 

I'm also an active data analytics content creator on LinkedIn and Medium. I'm a mentor on Topmate platform in data analytics category with 6500+ bookings. 

I've hosted multiple offline networking events for data professionals in Chennai through the Chennai Data Circle community, where I'm the Founder and Community Lead!

ALL VIEWS EXPRESSED HERE ARE PERSONAL AND DON'T REPRESENT MY ORGANIZATION.

Raghavan P

Great start to the New Year with Chennai Data Circle (CDC)!🎉 

𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗔𝗜 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲, a CDC meetup powered by Genesys was a resounding success.

And we have 100+ tech enthusiasts who can vouch for that!

We had 4 awesome speakers who lit the stage by sharing their insightful talks on Agentic AI workflows/use cases with demos.

Expert talks with demo: Bhargavi & Saurabh
Lightning talks: Gowtham Balachandhiran & Geethanjali 

For the 1st time in CDC's history, we gave the participants to take the stage and win some rewards by conducting an ideation pitch activity called 𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗡

We had 15+ teams submitting their ideas, 4 shortlisted to present and 2 winners among them!

Thanks to Vinod and Jaya Ganesh from Genesys for making this happen!

Grateful to the ever supportive 𝗖𝗗𝗖 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝘄 members for helping orchestrate the event and provide the audience with a high-quality networking and knowledge share experience, which we call the #CDCexperience

Event Co-ordination - Myself and Harish Vishwa
Jury member - GaneshRam Rajagopal
Ice-breakers - Pavithra Dillikumar, Iniya Sargam, Nivedhitha G.K
Ideathon & Socials - Sai Raam
Behind the lens - Gokul ( go©ool ) Palani, Danush Rajaram
Event management - MJ Charan Kumar, NANDHINI, Thejaswini, Dhanush .T.S

Had a good time taking up the mic and present the meetup after a long gap and networking with the participants!✌

See you soon at the next CDC meetup.

#CDCMeetup #Genesys #AgenticAI

Senior Data Analyst at Ford Motor Company | Tech Content Creator & Public Speaker | Microsoft Certified Data Analyst | Community Lead - CDC | All views expressed here are personal

Grateful to receive the 1st public recognition of 2026!🎉 

Happy to get recognized in the 𝐓𝐨𝐩 𝟐𝟓 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟓 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 by topmate.io

Secured #16th position among the top creators in 2025.

Check out the full list --> https://lnkd.in/g4PKqxVu

#CreatorAward

𝐈𝐝𝐞𝐚 ➕ 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 ➕ 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 🟰 Chennai Data Circle

𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑:

As a creator on LinkedIn, I got to engage with 100s of people via DMs and discussed about data analytics and its career prospects.

Due to Covid lockdown, the number of active users on LinkedIn had also increased drastically since 2020 and virtual networking became the norm.

And I got to have numerous insightful conversations with fellow data professionals and enthusiasts.

But I always felt something missing through online chats. By 2023, the World had recovered from Covid and back to normal.

I thought, "𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯-𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱⁉️ "

Thus, I starting hosting casual tech meetups with 5-10 people in parks, cafes, etc.

In one such meetup, we suddenly had 40+ people turn out. It was difficult to hear each other, manage the seating and not a comfortable experience to everyone.

That's when the idea of Chennai Data Circle (also known as CDC) was born at the end of 2023.

I also got to meet some passionate and like-minded folks who shared the same vision through those meetups. 

Super grateful to Harish Vishwa, GaneshRam Rajagopal, MJ Charan Kumar, Sai Raam, Danush Rajaram who helped grow this idea into a 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐋 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐔𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐘 through their consistent and invaluable efforts.

Cut to Jan-2024, we created a WhatsApp group and started adding people interested to attend such meetups. 

We reached out to companies and institutions to collaborate by providing their venues and refreshments, while we arrange the speakers and social media promotions for those events, most of which were 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄 of cost for the participants.

These 𝐖𝐈𝐍-𝐖𝐈𝐍 collaborations led us to conducting 25+ meetups in 3 different cities in the last 2 years.

And here we are celebrating 2 years of Chennai Data Circle!

This journey has shown me how an idea with consistent actions can grow into something big and beautiful. Looking forward to more such heights!

P.S: As we are scaling up in hosting tech meetups of bigger scale, we have built an awesome support system, the 𝐂𝐃𝐂 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐰 (tagged below) who show up and help in orchestrating our events.  

Dikshaa Vikram, Dhanush .T.S, Nivedhitha G.K, Raasika M, Iniya Sargam, Pavithra Dillikumar, NANDHINI S., Sree Vignesh, Thejaswini S.V, Gokul ( go©ool ) Palani, Santhosh Gopi B, Sneha Kannan and many more!

#CDCTales #2ndAnniversary

I met Pradeep M at an Influencers event in Chennai last year.

I'd known him for sometime through his LinkedIn posts on data analytics, but meeting in-person helped get to know more about him.

I'm thrilled by the 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 of him posting regularly and sharing his knowledge and guiding people navigating the data analyst journey.

Hence, I'm super excited to introduce him as the speaker of the 1st episode of 𝐂𝐃𝐂 𝐔𝐧𝐩𝐥𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝, a series of virtual sessions hosted by Chennai Data Circle.

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭:⁣⁣⁣
- A realistic view of the data analyst role⁣
- Skills that actually help in real work⁣
- Tools commonly used in analytics teams⁣
- Career advice for beginners and early professionals⁣

📆 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: 24 Jan, 2026 | ⏰ 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞: 10 AM IST ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
📍 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦: Google Meet ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
🔗 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐍𝐨𝐰: https://lnkd.in/gfjDm3ap (𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘴)

We started this series in 2026 to celebrate people actively sharing their knowledge for the 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 through various social media channels.

We would talk openly about real careers, real experiences, and real learnings from the data industry in this series.

We look forward to inviting prominent creators and professionals in the data space. So feel free to add a comment on who you'd like us to invite in the upcoming episodes✌ 

Thanks to Pradeep for accepting the invite and looking forward to an engaging session!

#CDCTales #CDCUnplugged #DataCommunity

Tools can be taught.
But, thinking can't!

This is very much applicable for those who are aspiring to enter a data/tech role.

Why⁉️ 

Anyone can learn SQL or Python or Power BI. There are plenty of resources available.

Irrespective of the technical expertise, you'll need to think in a structured manner to solve business problems using these tools.

In the Gen AI era, it is becoming much easier to learn any new tool.

But, implementing it with scalability and security is becoming much more important.

Focus less on "What tool to learn" 

Focus more on "How can I solve a business problem using available tools"

Hope this helps!✌

#Thinking

Can't wait to host my 1st meetup of 2026!

I'm attending Agentic AI 2026, a full-day tech meetup organized by Chennai Data Circle in collaboration with Genesys

Looking forward to learning the latest trends and exciting solutions in the AI space from the meetup!

#CDCexperience #Meetup

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