The Wide World View Podcast
Relatable journeys of relatable people who’ve fought relatable fights.
Relatable People
Learn from people who’ve navigated the corporate world and beyond, every 2 weeks.
Real Journeys
Insights from real career transitions, of people building radically different paths or navigating a few forks in the road.
Relevant Insight
Navigate emotional challenges and changes in your own career through relevant social and personal insight.
Explore the Episodes
New Episodes Every 2 Weeks!
Episode One – Aditya Puri
Made it to VP at one of the largest investment banks. Quit to build an alternate career in real estate.
In the first episode of the Wide World View Podcast, Anmol Diddan, author of Burnout Highway, sat down with Aditya Puri, who quit as a Vice President at a global investment bank to build a more emotionally sustainable life. This episode provides a guide for anyone who is looking to solve for questions of purpose, provision, career transitions and burnout.
Episode Two –Kate Howells
Over a decade at Google. Now runs marketing for a top University in the US.
In this episode, we learn from Kate’s journey, who left the quaint suburban life to build a long career in corporate America. She brings a unique perspective on the experience of women in the corporate world and how burnout might manifest differently for women. The discussion provides a great guide for women at work to avoid exhaustion, while helping men understand some women centric themes related to burnout that aren’t obvious to most.
Episode Three – Shouvik Sachdeva
IITan and Wall Street Trader talks about being a good kid and achieving the Indian Dream.
In this episode, we learn from Shouvik Sachdeva’s journey from Chandigarh to IIT-Kanpur to New York City. Shouvik is a trader with Tower Research in New York City. He has previously spent a decade at World Quant and is an alumni of IIT-Kanpur, one of the premier technical institutes in India.
Episode Four –Kaivan Wadia
Co-founder & CTO of CoverForce, ex-Amazon and MIT on the emotional challenges of transitioning from worker to owner.
In this episode, we learn from Kaivan Wadia’s journey from a small town called Porbandar in Western India to New York. We delve into his early life, the perspective he gained from his family, his minority Parsi community, and early boarding school experience. We reflect on things that brought him joy and how he structured his life around that, the importance of your ‘village’, and why the hard culture of Amazon was a blessing for him. Finally, we go deep into his transition from worker to owner, and his journey to recognizing that this too is a job.
