Naman PandeyChicago

AI at work / Ready Set Do / Field notes

Naman
Pandey

Data person by day. Podcast host the rest of the time.

I work on enterprise data, automation, reporting, and the messy systems that keep teams honest. I also host Ready Set Do, where I interview successful people about how they got unstuck.

If LinkedIn brought you here, start with the CV or Work pages. If the podcast brought you here, Media has the show, appearances, and the outside rooms where I keep borrowing microphones.

Index

Selected work

Work I can point to.

A short list. Real links. No mood board required.

Writing

Writing

Notes when the thought survives more than a day.

Published when the thought can stand up without me in the room.

field report

Apr 2026

What changed after 100 episodes

What doing the same thing 100 times made obvious. Mostly unglamorous. Mostly useful.

note

Apr 2026

AI after the demo

The demo is usually the least interesting part. I care what changes on Monday.

opinion

Apr 2026

Moving changes the math

Advice sounds different when paperwork, distance, and time pressure are in the room.

Media

Media

The show, the guest spots, and the outside rooms where the questions keep following me.

Taste

Taste

Some things stay useful long after I first liked them.

A throughline runs under all of this. I am drawn to things that are honest about what they are. Cold rooms. Ugly software. Confident bands who underplay it. That is the taste.

show

Breaking Bad

Still the best argument for consequences. Nobody gets away clean.

show

Severance

Cold rooms. Bad lighting. People pretending the weird thing is normal.

music

Arctic Monkeys

A reminder that confidence works better when it is underplayed.

interface

Windows 2000

Ugly in the right way. Clear buttons. Clear edges. No hand-holding.

Lists

Lists

Ranked not recommended. These are mine, not for you.

Questions

Questions

Things I keep coming back to while working.

Apr 2026

What happens when making things gets cheap?

I keep thinking about taste, distribution, and the new ways people will fake being good.

Apr 2026

How much does moving countries change ambition?

The normal advice breaks when time, status, and distance are part of the decision.

Apr 2026

What part of creator work is actually work?

Editing, packaging, follow-up, distribution. The visible part gets too much credit.

Apr 2026

When does starting publicly become performing?

I like public work. I do not like watching people turn every attempt into a costume.

End

One ask

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