Harsha Peddinti
Product designer who builds · in Bengaluru
I grew up on a computer with no internet, so the software was the toy. Slideshows, fonts, floor plans: I pushed every tool until it ran out of things to show me.
I learnt design by copying. In Simulacra and SimulationSimulacra and SimulationJean Baudrillard · 1981How copies drift from what they copy, in four stages, until the copy needs no original and becomes real in its own right., Jean Baudrillard follows a copy as it drifts from its source: it starts as a faithful reflection and ends with no original at all, true only to itself. My work takes the same road. It begins as imitation and ships as its own thing, and I still write the code for what I design.
Nine years at Nearbuy
Nearbuy.comGraphic Designer · 2017 – 2018Deals on local food, spas and experiences across India., Hypersonix
Hypersonix.aiSenior Product Designer · 2020 – 2022AI analytics that helps retail and e-commerce teams price and plan. and Mesh.ai
Mesh.aiLead Product Designer · 2022 – nowPerformance reviews, engagement and people analytics for HR teams. I lead design across the product., always joining while the product was bare bones and staying until people relied on it. The hardest part was never the screens. It was getting executives, product and engineering to want the same thing.
Earlier I played Overwatch for LXG ChennaiLXG ChennaiCompetitive OverwatchI played Overwatch competitively for LXG Chennai, back when I was good at it., where you have no time to think, only to act on instinct. Design under pressure is the same, and it is where I do my best work. I have also been online since before it was a good idea, which is why I know things I have no reason to know.
You already know whether we would work well together. Trust that instinct, the way I trust mine, and say hello on LinkedIn
Harsha PeddintiLinkedIn · harshapeddintiProduct designer who builds. Work history, recommendations and the occasional post. or XHarshaX · @omgsumbodyChronically online. Design, games and whatever I am building this week. before you talk yourself out of it.
Experience
- Mesh.aiLead Product Designer2022 – now
- Hypersonix.aiSenior Product Designer2020 – 2022
Zealth(exited to Findem.ai)Product Designer2018 – 2020- Nearbuy.comGraphic Designer2017 – 2018
Lincode LabsFrontend Dev2017 – 2018
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Games that made me
- TMNT III: The Manhattan ProjectAs a kid
- ContraAs a kid
- Need for Speed IIMiddle school
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
- GTA VCollege
- Counter-Strike 2
- OverwatchCollege · played pro
- Red Dead Redemption 2College