Ramakrishna Vaddempudi - Rising Above

Ramakrishna Vaddempudi is an individual who is no stranger to strife and hardship, and has experienced plenty of heartache in his 27 years of life on this planet. Vaddempudi was born in India to his single mother in poverty. When he was just a baby his father abandoned both him and his mother, leaving them only with many siblings and even more debt. During this turbulent time life was an every day fight and struggle for survival, something Vaddempudi says he remembers all too well. Vaddempudi today works as a professional software developer and tester in America, and enjoys a comfortable and stable life and career, but is not the kind of person that takes that for granted. Vaddempudi knows that there are people out there who are suffering at this very moment in the world, and that sometimes they need nothing more than a helping hand to show them that the world isn't as ugly of a place as they may think. Vaddempudi says that everyone comes across obstacles in their lives, and overcoming them is what will set you apart from others. Vaddempudi says it is important not to let anyone convince you that you are incapable of succeeding, because in the end it is your own belief in yourself that will catapult you to your dreams.

Ramakrishna Vaddempudi says that the way to conquer obstacles and rise above things that cripple you such as poverty and a broken family is simply to keep moving forward, one step at a time. Vaddempudi says that there were many times in his life that he lost hope, simply wanting to lie down in the dirt and give up. Instead, he kept moving forward, hoping that maybe something brighter was awaiting just over the horizon, and when he climbed that hill, he was not disappointed.