Hackathoning with IoT, Blockchain, and AppDynamics
Early in the new year, AppDynamics hosted a hackathon to give employees a chance to explore technologies they were curious about, have fun, and build cross-functional relationships. I teamed up with a group of women who were interested in researching blockchain. Other members of the team included Balwinder Kaur, Nicole Hu, Audrey Nahrvar, Jeanie Oh, […]
Recap: Summer Internship Program
Our summer internship has come to an end. Our interns put in hard work this summer across their different departments and have made quite an impact here at AppDynamics. While we’re sad they’re making their way back to school, we know they are taking many important lessons with them. In this post, we’ll take a […]
The Four Things I Learned in Ten Weeks at AppDynamics
It’s Friday, July 28th, 2017, 7 PM, and I’m sitting down to start writing this blog post. It’s the last day of the quarter and I’ve just finished week six of my eleven-week summer internship at AppDynamics. Realizing that I’ve passed the halfway point, I figured now was as good a time as any to […]
Celebrating the Future of Cisco and AppDynamics
“Celebrating the Future of Cisco and AppDynamics” originally appeared on http://blogs.cisco.com. Today, I had the sincere honor to stand with leaders of AppDynamics to ring the Nasdaq opening bell. I can now say that AppDynamics and Cisco are one team. In ringing the bell, we celebrated the amazing company that the founders and leaders of […]
Thank You, AppDynamics Customers and Partners
Today is a big day for all of us associated with AppDynamics. It’s been a short nine years since Jyoti Bansal started the company and brought Bhaskar Sunkara on board. Together they saw a clear opportunity to bring greater performance and reliability to software and applications in a world increasingly defined by digital experiences. Since […]
A Look at Our Fresh Grads and Their Journey Thus Far
At AppDynamics, our employees come from some of the best and most renowned universities worldwide. This also includes many of the younger, fresher faces of our company. On-campus recruiting begins in the fall and continues until the early months of winter, in which we interview hundreds of students to see if they have what it […]
From Students to Engineers: Experience Built to Last
Over the course of their 12-week program, our interns were given a glimpse of life at AppDynamics. Entering the program wide-eyed and eager to learn beyond expectations, they were exposed to our culture of constant improvement and process optimization. From learning to write “cleaner” code to preparing presentations with our executive staff, their time spent […]
Students to Engineers: A Peak Into Their Summer (Part 2)
The purpose of our internship program at AppDynamics is to facilitate student learning opportunities outside of the classroom, allowing students to apply classroom theories to “real world” situations. Our mentors not only teach our interns, they also provide career guidance for their professional futures, enhancing academic and career goals. Every internship is structured differently, depending […]
From Students to Engineers: Meeting the AppDynamics Interns (Part 1)
Textbooks have been abandoned and summer is in full force. School is out, and that means we’re welcoming new faces as part of our summer internship program! AppDynamics is growing, and we’re always searching for the brightest to help us build great products! Our top priority is to provide direction for each of our student […]
Spotlight: Women of AppDynamics
Welcome back to our Women of AppDynamics series, our showcase of the female talent at AppDynamics. Here, we celebrate the women who serve as both architects for modern technology and role models to all young women. What is it really like to be a woman in tech? Is it possible to achieve success without being […]
Spotlight: Women of AppDynamics
Welcome to our Women of AppDynamics series, a bimonthly showcase of the female talent at AppDynamics. While the likes of Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg are the icons of a male dominated tech industry, women are rapidly entering high-level tech positions. However, the number of female new graduates with a Computer Science degree is not […]
Spotlight: Women of AppDynamics
With the tech industry growing at its remarkable pace, it justifiably comes with a concentrated talent pool including some of the world’s brightest innovators and game changers. Diversity and inclusion efforts has become, more than ever, a prioritized mission for every technology company. AppDynamics increased our female hires by 40% this year alone. While we’re […]
A new addition to the AppDynamics family
Earlier today we announced to the company and in a press release an exciting new stage in the growth of AppDynamics. We have brought on David Wadhwani as CEO while I take on a new role of Executive Chairman and Chief Strategist. With David as my partner focused on scaling the company, I will focus […]
AppDynamics Kicks Off Its First Ever 48-Hour Hackathon
Hackathon: A hackathon, also known as a codefest, is a social coding event that brings computer programmers and other interested people together to improve upon or build a new software program (TechTarget). This month, over one hundred employees piled into conference rooms and meeting areas to participate in AppDynamics first ever internal Hackathon. The 48-hour […]
Devs Read Mean App Reviews [VIDEO]
For mobile app developers, their app’s rating is the only metric that matters. In no other industry is your work graded with such a public display that directly relates to your future success. Imagine if restaurants had to display their Yelp and reviews on their front door. This is why we decided to parody Jimmy […]