I'm a self-taught product designer from Kerala, now based in Bangalore. 8+ years in, and the thing that still drives me is the same thing that started me: the distance between how a product works and how it should feel.
I've spent those years at companies where design either unlocked growth or was blamed for slowing it down. I've been on both sides. That experience is what shapes how I work now - fast enough to ship, thorough enough to get it right.(How I Work) I've seen what happens when design is an afterthought - products that confuse, frustrate, and eventually lose users. I've also seen what happens when design leads: products that feel inevitable, that users don't want to leave.
That gap is where I work.
(Quality over quantity) I'd rather design one thing that works exactly right than five things that work mostly. I work closely with product, engineering, and data to understand what's actually at stake, then focus on the part that design can change.
I don't believe in design for its own sake. Every decision should be traceable back to a user problem or a business outcome. Preferably both.