the longer version

the long way
around.

a quick warning — this page is short, on purpose. the polished resume is one click away on linkedin. this is the page for the rest of it: the films, the cities, the wrong turns, the meals.

how i got here.

90s · the beginning

grew up around movie distribution

learned that "launch" meant "opening weekend", that "user research" was watching 600 strangers react to a trailer in real time, and that nothing breaks a deck quite like the audience clapping at the wrong scene.

[year] · the design years

first real seat: designer at [company]

thought design was about pixels. turned out to be mostly about listening — to users, to engineers, and to the project manager telling me a feature was on fire again.

[year] · the pivot

switched to product. kept the figma shortcuts.

the questions i kept asking were product questions: why are we building this, who's it for, what happens if we don't. moved seats. brought my prototyping habit along uninvited.

now · 2025

currently shipping at [company]

building things i can't talk about yet. designing on weekends. running between bangalore and chennai. eating well in both. making peace with the fact that filter coffee > flat white. (fight me.)

next · ?

always open to a good plot twist

curious about teams doing thoughtful work — especially anything sitting at the intersection of design, product, and good taste.

a few moments.

the things instagram would call "content" and i'd call "tuesday."

your photo
first day in bangalore
your photo
studio mornings
your photo
2am roadmap session
your photo
the chennai express
your photo
shawarma debugging
your photo
a screening i remember

a few stats that mean nothing.

[n]
years in product
give or take a sabbatical
[n]
movies in theatres
letterboxd has receipts
[n]
cities chewed through
passport progressing slowly
decks made under pressure
most still in the cloud somewhere

ask me about any of these.

i'll happily talk for too long.

product roadmaps film distribution math 90s tamil cinema bangalore vs chennai (the eternal debate) street food in unfamiliar cities designer-to-pm transitions cinematography a/b testing the wrong thing shawarma standards (strict) early-stage product hires opening-weekend math feature prioritization with too few resources

that's the longer version. you now know more about me than my dentist. if any of it resonated — say hi.

say hi · ist · always

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say hi?

© 2025 · sannan · made between bangalore & chennai · with coffee, popcorn, and questionable posture.
ok bye, going to find a shawarma stand →
"that's a wrap."
— sannan, the unreleased director's cut
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