Sridhar Vembu dedicates 70% of his time to coding as Zoho's Chief Scientist

Zoho founder Sridhar Vembu

Zoho’s founder Sridhar Vembu spends about 70% of his time writing and reviewing code, and he wants to increase that even further.

In an interview with Moneycontrol, Vembu said, “I review code every day. In fact, I file a lot of patents. So that's the change in life. I enjoy the life. I'm meant to do this, I feel.”

The comments come as Vembu has transitioned from his role as CEO to take on the position of Chief Scientist at Zoho, focusing more on product engineering and innovation and R&D.

Watch the full interview here

The Zoho founder has also been engaging more with the company’s rural teams, visiting several rural centers and spending time with young engineers.

“I get to work with our rural teams more now. I visit some of our rural centres more often than I was able to before,” he said.

Vembu described his current routine as deeply rooted in engineering:

“Code and more code. I'm waking up to code and I'm going to sleep to code.” On the topic of automating repetitive tasks, he added that he is exploring ways to eliminate boilerplate coding without losing the essence of programming, calling it “part of my focus.”

Watch the full interview here