I Am Living Proof Of The American Dream: “Nobody trips over mountains; the small pebbles cause us to stumble” with Krishna C. Mukherjee

Perseverance — Nobody trips over mountains; the small pebbles cause us to stumble. If we pass all the pebbles in our path, we will find that we have crossed the mountain. Achievers do not give up and keep on trying.

I had the pleasure of interviewing Krishna C. Mukherjee, Engineer, Inventor, and Executive. Krishna C. Mukherjee is originally from India. In 1988, he was recruited by Microsoft from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) at Kanpur to create architectures, and design and develop software products. He was completing his Master’s degree in Computer Science and Engineering at that time. He graduated at the top of his class at IIT Kanpur with a perfect GPA. Soon after that, he joined Microsoft at the company’s headquarters in Redmond, Washington, USA. He served as Principal Architect and Lead Software Engineer for Microsoft. He played a pivotal role in developing Microsoft’s famous products, including Office and Windows. He architected, designed and developed key features and technologies of the Microsoft products that we use every day. Over the years, his…