Ready Set Do
Ready Set Do
Learn relatably from high-agency individuals, from all walks of life — currently just a few steps ahead in your journey of choice. The only podcast where you learn from artists, sages, techies and children - and everyone in between. What makes the stories on Ready Set Do podcast real, relatable, and actually useful is that they aren't selling you lottery tickets they already won with. Instead, we show you the first steps they took- so you can find your own way forward. No spoon-feeding, no "do X->Y->Z". You figure out what you want to do having seen someone just two steps ahead trip and fall in front of you, from all walks of life. New episodes every Wednesday. Daily knowledge bytes clips.
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Quill Podcast Awards Finalist, 2025

Ready Set Do

The only podcast where you learn from artists, sages, techies and children - and everyone in between.

What makes featured not-experts' stories on Ready Set Do podcast real, relatable, and actually useful is that they aren't selling you lottery tickets they already won with.

Instead, we show you the first steps they took- so you can find your own way forward. No spoon-feeding, no "do X->Y->Z". You figure out what you want to do having seen someone just two steps ahead trip and fall in front of you, from all walks of life.

New episodes every Wednesday. Daily knowledge bytes on YouTube and Instagram.

Recent Episodes

Nov. 3, 2025

How To Switch From Software Dev to Machine Learning Engineer (Amazon SDE -> Tiktok MLE POV) - w/ Umang

In this episode of Ready Set Do , my guest is Umang Chaudhary , a Machine Learning Engineer at TikTok and former Applied Scientist at Amazon . Umang’s story is one of momentum — a reminder that you don’t need decades of exper...
Oct. 27, 2025

How To Convert Career Fairs/Networking Events into Job Interview-Generating Machines - w/ Hrohaan

I’m Naman Pandey — this is the Ready Set Do Podcast — and in this episode I talk with Hrohaan Malhotra, a Data Scientist at Wells Fargo who actually landed his role through a career fair. If that sounds lucky, it isn’t. Hroha...
Oct. 3, 2025

How to THRIVE As An International Student (Grades Don't Matter) - w/ Bhushan

Moving abroad for studies often gets reduced to a checklist: applications, visas, internships, and landing that first good job. In this episode of Ready Set Do I sit down with Bhushan Chougule, a graduate student at Purdue Un...
Sept. 24, 2025

How To Get Hired Despite the Most Brutal Job Market Ever (Ex-Microsoft, Amazon & TikTok Recruiter POV) - w/ Shreya

I’m Naman Pandey — welcome to Ready Set Do. If you want a ruthless, recruiter-grade breakdown of how to actually get hired in 2025, press play. This episode features Shreya Mehta — professional growth coach and former recruit...
Sept. 17, 2025

How To Crack Any US Visa Interview (Ex-US Visa Officer POV) - w/ Duden

I’m Naman Pandey — welcome back to Ready Set Do. If you’ve ever felt blindsided by the US visa interview process, this episode is your map. My guest is Duden Freeman: a former U.S. diplomat who served over nine years with the...
Sept. 10, 2025

How To Pivot To Product Management From The Medicine Field (or Any Field) - w/ Jackie

I’m Naman Pandey — welcome back to Ready Set Do. If you want to break into product management from a totally different career, this two-part jam with Jackie Henning is everything you need. In Part 2 Jackie walks us through th...