Out of Office with Sundas

Conversations with tech leaders on building, scaling and leading AI AI summary

Sundas Khalid Visit website › Technology · EN · 14 episodes · latest 2026-11-07

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Out of Office with Sundas is a tech & AI podcast about how modern technology is built, scaled, and led. Featuring practical lessons from CEOs, founders, executives and technical leaders. Hosted by Sundas Khalid, a former principal data scientist and tech leader at Google and Amazon, the show features conversations with tech & AI executives, CEOs, founders, engineers, scientists, and tech leaders shaping the industry, Topics: AI systems and infrastructure, building and scaling technology, technical leadership, and careers in the AI era.

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Microsoft VP: How to Beat 99% of Data Analysts

2026-11-07 · 24 min

You might not need to write SQL anymore, but does that mean you should stop learning it? According to Priya Sati, Vice President of SQL at Microsoft, absolutely not.In this conversation, Priya breaks down how AI and…
How to Get Ahead of 99% Engineers

2026-08-28 · 19 min · Episode 2

In this episode of Out of Office with Sundas, I sat down with Sajjaad Khader to talk about how engineers can stand out and accelerate their careers. We discuss his software engineering salary progression, how he earned…
What It Takes to Be a $300K Cloud Engineer

2026-08-28 · 20 min · Episode 1

In this episode of Out of Office with Sundas, I sat down with Linda Haviv to talk about her journey from software engineering to cloud engineering. We discuss the differences between software and cloud roles, what cloud…
Is a CS Degree Still Worth It? An Ex-Google Engineer Explains

2026-08-28 · 22 min · Episode 3

In this episode of Out of Office with Sundas, I sat down with former Google engineer Delia Lazarescu to discuss whether a computer science degree is still worth it in the age of AI. We talk about life after Google, the…
Is Big Tech a Trap? Why She Quit Her $200K Software Engineering Job

2026-08-28 · 21 min · Episode 4

In this episode of Out of Office with Sundas, I sat down with Pooja Dutt to talk about why she left her remote $200,000 software engineering job at Microsoft. We discuss burnout, the tradeoffs behind leaving Big Tech,…
How She Got $300,000 Software Engineer Job at Google

2026-08-28 · 9 min · Episode 5

In this episode of Out of Office with Sundas, I sat down with Maddy Zhang to talk about her journey to a $300,000 software engineering role at Google, including school, internships, and Leetcode. Maddy also shares how…
LinkedIn VP: The Career Move to Make Before 2027 (YOUR NEXT MOVE)

2026-08-27 · 27 min · Episode 10

In this episode of Out of Office with Sundas, I sat down with Paolo Provinciali, VP of Marketing at LinkedIn, to discuss what’s really happening inside Big Tech. We talked about ROI, revenue per employee, at different…
Snowflake VP: AI Still Can’t Replace Engineers

2026-08-27 · 24 min · Episode 9

In this episode of Out of Office with Sundas, I sat down with Baris Gultekin, VP of AI at, who's been building AI longer than most people knew what it was. He walked me through his time at Google, how he ended up…
Data Scientist: I was FIRED and STILL made $600K

2026-08-27 · 19 min · Season 1, episode 8

In today's episode of Out of Office with Sundas, I sat down with Megan Lieu, an ex data scientist who made $600K last year. She walked me through getting laid off, rushing into the wrong job, burning out hard within 6…
From Data Engineer to Data Scientist, Then Quit

2026-08-27 · 30 min · Episode 7

In this episode of Out of Office with Sundas I sat down with Maggie Ma, a former Data Engineer who made the move to Data Scientist role. She shared what it really took to make that transition, the skills she had to…

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Oldest episode in feed: 08/2026
Typical length: 21 min
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