Expand Your Curiosity: Build, Own, and Maintain Relevance with Milin Desai (1/3)
Nerd Journey: Career Advice for the Technology Professional · 2025-10-14 · 46 min
Episode notes
How curious do you think you are at work? Take a second to rate yourself. After today’s conversation with guest Milin Desai, you’re going to want to dial that curiosity up a notch. Milin is currently the CEO of Sentry, and one of the keys to his success from the very beginning was allowing the scope of his curiosity to expand over time…beyond specific projects and even beyond his job role. Perhaps without realizing it, Milin was doing the work to build and maintain professional relevance. Listen closely in episode 349 as we follow Milin from his early days as a computer science student through roles as a QA tester and software developer all the way into technical marketing. You’ll hear advice for expanding your own curiosity inside your current company, ways you can provide value to a mentor, and an empathetic approach to customer conversations that can help you build relevance and develop a strong reputation.