Archive - system bashing

The no-nonsense process of getting into product engineering startups/scaleups

This is not the "hard way" or "easy way" to become a good product engineer, this is simply the 3-4 most essential skills you need.

May 27 •

The "Return on Agency" barrier in large organization teams

When tech/product orgs scale beyond a certain size, below a certain level in the pyramid, it starts becoming pointless to be a "high agency" individual

May 12 •

January 2024

The templatised monetisation of "prep" years

TVF, Vidhu Vinod Chopra and the consumerism of turning "Exam Prep" nostalgia into a bankable bollywood genre.

Jan 27 •

July 2023

The Lifecycle of an Edtech Company - Part 1

After being inside 2 and closely knowing people in all the other ones... thought of writing this.

Jul 20, 2023 •

Optimising costs to enhancing UX - it is all engineering

When you are a tech company, the cloud costs and the user interface - threading the needle between them **is** what 'engineering' is. Trade offs.

Jul 18, 2023 •

Learnings from yet another 'blitzscaling' stage hiring excercise

My current 'fast' process of hiring senior engineers

Jul 1, 2023 •

June 2023

Navigating the Software Engineering career ladders

The next step from SDE2 need not be SDE3 - from size of company to type of role, there's a lot more you need to consider.

Jun 20, 2023 •

The unhindered growth of bad mobile app product management

There's an app for everything. Most likely a very poorly made one.

Jun 5, 2023 •

The Maslow's hierarchy of social media

Every audience has a level and you need to stoop to / rise to that, to make content for them.

Jun 4, 2023 •

December 2022

Companies still hiring software engineers in 2023

It is layoff and hiring freeze season, but behold the old-tech, aviation and trad-fi sectors that are still hiring software engineers by the horde!

Dec 13, 2022 •

A private space for us to converse and connect

Dec 13, 2022 •

November 2022

Vibes from San Francisco : 2022 Edition

Things I figured when talking to people in SF/Bay Area during a 20 day trip in October 2022

Nov 9, 2022 •

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