Hey Hackers! I’m Gagan Gehani and I’m a Product Manager at Coinbase.
First of all, a huge thank you to the HackerNoon community and staff for nominating me for a 2021 Noonies award! I’ve been nominated in the following categories please do check out these award pages and vote:
Not just as someone in the crypto industry, I genuinely believe that the most exciting technology of the present is blockchain because it fundamentally changes the game across industries with finance being just the first major industry to be disrupted via cryptocurrencies. Learn more about my thoughts and opinions on crypto and my journey in the tech industry via the interview below.
I help build digital products. I like working at the intersection of various disciplines such as tech, design, business, legal, marketing and everything else required to move the needle for the end users. It allows me to wet my beak in multiple domains that keeps me interested as a naturally, curious person.
I am currently helping build products in web3 at Coinbase. Previously I have built 0 to 1 products across gaming and edtech. I have a particular interest in working on data science and analytics products.
Interestingly enough, I tumbled across product management while at upGrad while working adjacently with product managers. I knew right there that it was a fit for me.
I definitely like it. However, in the interest of having this be of value to you, the reader and to be completely honest - there are pros and cons in all roles and product management is no different.
I am thrilled at the prospects of the blockchain in general. To give a more pointed answer, NFTs are something that make complete sense to me as to why they are here forever now. I am in fact an art illiterate person in my estimation and while I appreciate the art side of it, I am super excited about the underlying smart contract capabilities that NFTs offer.
Deepfakes and social media algorithms optimised for user attention. The combination of these two is extremely scary to me and just thinking about the ramifications of these 2 in the next 5-10 years is chilling to me.
Crypto, NFTs in the macro. Habits and neuropsychology of the modern , digital life in the micro.
I think this one was good - minimising time talking about other people in general.
Start small, swallow your ego and trust yourself. 1 step backwards for 2 steps ahead.
Linkedin - www.linkedin.com/in/gagangehani
Twitter - @GaganGehani
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