Ayush Billore

About me

• I live in Bangalore, India, with my wife.
• I am a Senior Engineer on the Enterprise AI team at GitLab.
• I enjoy all kinds of travel, playing chess, and playing musical instruments. The newest one is the melodica.
• I am an optimist. I believe most problems have a solution, and small steps add up.

Work patterns

• I live in the Indian Standard Time zone (IST, UTC+5:30).
• I usually work from 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM IST. When I have late meetings, I adjust my day.

Communicating with me

• I prefer asynchronous communication. It gives me time to prepare better answers and plan my day.
• Slack:
  • You can message me at any time. I reply during my working hours.
  • I may message you outside your working hours. I do not expect an immediate reply.
• GitLab:
  • Mention me (@abime) so that I get a To-Do item and do not miss your message.

Working with me

• I tend to soften what I say. If you cannot tell what I really think, just ask. I will give you a clear answer.
• I enjoy working with people and getting to know them. A coffee chat is always welcome.

Values I live by

These come from the GitLab CREDIT values:

• Assume positive intent. I start from the belief that people mean well.
• People are not their work. Feedback on the work is not feedback on the person. I give it that way, and I take it that way.
• Bias for action. I prefer to take a small step and learn from it than to wait for a perfect plan.