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amul.exe

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Probably the only job we have is to slow down time

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amul.exe

@amuldotexe

4 months

This app is free

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I have 3 nephews in 3 different engineering colleges IIT Bombay IIIT Nagpur Private College none of them are able to study consistently without being reminded, often due to sheer laziness hypothesis: everyone is addicted to mobile phones now irrespective of intellect or drive

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amul.exe

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We met in our first tech job in Bengaluru I was few months into my new job & she was an intern in my team I'd often work very late & she used to come sit next to me saying she doesn't have much to do at her hostel anyway 1/8

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How did you meet your partner?

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amul.exe

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@prudhvir3ddy Hypothesis: Indians (we), due to our scarcity mindset, insecurity & desperation over-work display hyper-competitive behavior play low-trust short-term games thus we make everyone else's life miserable too wherever we go

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amul.exe

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2 years

#2005 Been 15 years since this ..

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amul.exe

@amuldotexe

4 months

If you are a Jain techie unable to find a suitable alliance in Bengaluru hypothesis: go to jain temple in IT areas every weekend & volunteer you'll easily get engaged in next 6 months some uncle aunty jiji bhaiya will make you their project p.s. I know it coz I am that uncle

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amul.exe

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11 months

How to face the families we both were vegetarians (she was Tam Bram) so half the problems were solved both sides were heavy on Kundalis fortunately we didn't do too bad my parents were happy I found a smart girl (Math MSc) married & been in blr ever since, w/ kid now 8/8

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amul.exe

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1 year

If you are a developer in India with less than 3 years of experience here's 7 hypotheses for this phase of your career caveat: relevant to some not for everyone iykwim A thread 🧵 /1

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amul.exe

@amuldotexe

1 year

If you work in tech I highly recommend reading the original Netflix culture deck once every quarter it has some cool insights which give clarity about how to manage your career a lot of our notions of employment contract are misplaced not-a-hypothesis

_Bookmark Netflix Culture Deck Re-read 5x.pdf

drive.google.com

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amul.exe

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4 months

Salary Negotiation SOP 202402

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amul.exe

@amuldotexe

1 year

Dear 15 yo you made it today you are able to buy 10 colors of uniball eye without thinking twice iykyk

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amul.exe

@amuldotexe

21 days

Hypothesis: If you are not horny, you are probably not healthy enough

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amul.exe

@amuldotexe

1 year

If you are a Jain techie and are unable to find a suitable alliance in Bengaluru Hypothesis: Go to Jain temple in IT areas of the city every weekend & volunteer you will easily get engaged in next 6 months some uncle, aunty, jiji or bhaiya will make you their project iykwim

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amul.exe

@amuldotexe

25 days

@thetruthsucks12 You just discovered why India isn't as safe for women any country with fast inflow of Indian immigrants is likely to suffer from such scenarios (e.g. UK) whenever you allow immigration from India it has to be a slow, gradual, vetted with heavy focus on cultural conditioning

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amul.exe

@amuldotexe

2 months

Hypothesis: Some tech folks don't live in Bengaluru because their company has forced them to & they like the weather they live in Bengaluru to escape parents who are constantly after their life to get married, to have kids, to have more kids, to buy a house & to pursue n more…

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amul.exe

@amuldotexe

3 years

My brother got placed in Amazon today via campus placement (4th year) ... He is from non-CS background ... I am happy, but more importantly relieved ... His 3 years of hardwork learning practical skills (web dev+Android kotlin) & DSA bore fruit Grateful for this day 🙏🙏🙏

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amul.exe

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10 months

I know a girl did her master's in design in EU got a good job in a stable city in EU but since she wasn't married, she felt very lonely & came back to India realized the work life balance in India is v bad been 2 years trying to move to EU but unable to crack a job there now

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amul.exe

@amuldotexe

2 years

As an Indian Developer, what is the trade-off for staying in India vs moving to EU? My thoughts on the same 👇 tl;dr There are always trade-offs No one size fits all. There is no silver-bullet. Also my observations are biased by the sample set of opinions I was exposed to

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amul.exe

@amuldotexe

2 years

If you have a kid with age < 10 years in India here are a few hypotheses for the next few years of parenting. Source of biases & ideas: - My experience as a teacher of JEE math in early years + mentoring nephews/cousins - Observing my elder cousins' kids / ecosystem (0/n)

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amul.exe

@amuldotexe

2 years

I know a A. Dev influencer making $30k (30k+ followers) B. Open source focused Dev making $100k remotely having just 900 followers Both age 22.. IMHO Those who are doing exceptionally well aren't out there doing twitter spaces to get you to look at them Read that again 👆

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amul.exe

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Nikhil bhaiya with all his knowledge & resources is barely beating the index and then there are people on twitter who tell you to buy individual stocks and then there are early tech careers folks who spend 100s of hours on stocks, intraday & options trading if you are an early…

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amul.exe

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1 year

Hypothesis: As a techie in India, living as top 5% of this country, if you cannot feel gratitude & learn to be present in whatever you are bestowed with today there is a high likelihood you will still be ungrateful when you move abroad to whichever place you think will save you

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amul.exe

@amuldotexe

9 months

I just realized that an acquaintance who left her dev career in 2001 because she married a man who was doing well for himself could've been a VP Engineering at a Fortune 50 today she's now divorced women: a career gives you an identity apart from $$ don't give it up for a man

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amul.exe

@amuldotexe

6 months

I know a lot of folks suggest working in 0 to 1 places early in your tech career in India I strongly disagree the following is not even a hypothesis in my mind your first job is: to secure a shortlisting for interview in 10 seconds of recruiter or hiring-manager scanning your…

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amul.exe

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6 months

Hypothesis: Buying a house or a flat is a very sensitive, high impact decision My family now owns a flat which is an illiquid asset because we are unable to sell it for last couple of years in a tier 2 city we poured in years of EMI into that thing from 2000s to 2020 the…

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amul.exe

@amuldotexe

1 year

This made me smile today Last few months - 55 interviews - 9 offers - 30% to 150% hike I think the biggest benefit is this: you aren't afraid of the game anymore you know it's just a limited set of patterns that can be mastered with enough practice that's something isn't it

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amul.exe

@amuldotexe

11 months

We talked all night that night I came her to meet that weekend We ate at the Brrokefield McDonalds right opposite my old office Met a few old colleagues We spent the next 2 days roaming around Whitefield having Idli & Dosa We knew what we both wanted 7/8

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amul.exe

@amuldotexe

4 months

Example of career long term planning simulation

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amul.exe

@amuldotexe

2 years

This is facebook in 2012 ...

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amul.exe

@amuldotexe

7 months

@jk_rowling For some of us your books were a portal to escape into an alternate universe it made our teenage years a lot more bearable thank you for that alternate universe it was warm it was comforting it was home it was home iykwim

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amul.exe

@amuldotexe

2 years

How to negotiate a good salary as a developer v20220427 wdyt?

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amul.exe

@amuldotexe

5 months

All these years politicians made us feel like weak people who should be ashamed of their own past of their ancestors of their own identity that we should look down upon our 1000 years old heritage passed on to us via our elders everything was made fun of in the 90s the rituals…

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amul.exe

@amuldotexe

11 months

She said - you'd do that for me? at that moment I knew things had changed I said yes, a 100 times over she said - wow I said - you know, I won't be that bad a guy to get married too, we both anyways worked well as a team she started giggling 6/8

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amul.exe

@amuldotexe

6 months

Just heard that a cousin is now happy that his 12th studying son will likely secure a seat in Ashoka University next year that college might be decent but the disappointing part is that his son didn't even prepare for JEE didn't even try why? because the kid's friends…

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amul.exe

@amuldotexe

11 months

It was fun to work with her we used to go on chai tapri & have good banter finally I plucked up the courage to ask her to go out for dinner one time when we were working late 2/8

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amul.exe

@amuldotexe

10 months

I just started lifting weights at an age of 36 given how slow it feels & how weak I feel in lifting only 2.5 kgs I wish I had done it in my engineering years those who have ADHD did your baseline anxiety decrease after lifting weights? I am getting hints of it idk why

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amul.exe

@amuldotexe

9 months

As a techie doing job search in India, a good first step could be to start applying to Fortune 100 orgs thought I'd document the list here each org here has rev > $40B they likely have a GCC (global capability center) in India & they'll likely treat you well in $ & wlb 1/26

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amul.exe

@amuldotexe

1 year

Salary got credited yesterday maybe one of the 12 mo X 40 yrs = 480 instances, I'll have that in my lifetime it's a privilege to get paid well for pressing keys & talking nicely and have weekends off we often forget that iykwim This right here what I have is enough ...

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amul.exe

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1 year

Rameshwaram Cafe Brookefield is a different experience

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amul.exe

@amuldotexe

2 years

If you are someone in your early 20s working as a developer in India ... Here are my 7 hypotheses for you ... Don't trust my opinion. Think independently. DYOR: Do Your Own Research. The following ideas are for your consideration ONLY. I could be wrong. A thread 🧵 (0/n)

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amul.exe

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5 months

~ 3 years ago, I had told a cousin, an IIT grad, when he was in his final year, to seriously consider moving abroad early in his career & getting a different passport, it'll give him life long optionality something he could do easily at a younger age he could always be an OCI &…

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amul.exe

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8 months

A cousin's parents are visiting city & they proudly claim that they will not let their kid (mid 20s) leave the country he is born so that he can take care of them, so he must stay in this country apparently young folks move abroad with the plan to return in 2 years, but often…

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amul.exe

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3 years

A 🧵 on the ugly part of job search: The disappointment after having invested a few hours in the interview process. Context : - I have made 8 switches in 11 years - Last 3 yrs scored ~15 offers - Last 3 yrs failed 60 interview processes (100+ in 11yrs) Don't judge me 🙃 (1/n)

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amul.exe

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11 months

She told me her parents have started looking out for alliances I felt really odd like a panic button being pressed in my head it was now or never 4/8

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I decided to move to another company in Gurgaon I saw the sadness on her face as I told her about it I moved to Gurgaon but we kept talking on phone 3/8

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amul.exe

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4 months

Salary Negotiation SOP better readability version

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amul.exe

@amuldotexe

11 months

We kept saying it'll be nice to meet after knowing each other only as a voice in last few months so I asked her, what if I flew to BLR just to meet her for 1 weekend with bated breath I waited for her response if her response was mild it's game over for sure 5/8

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amul.exe

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2 years

As an Indian Devloper what is the trade-off for staying in India vs moving to EU My thoughts on the same👇 Wdyt? Also, If you know someone who can add more nuance to this, please tag them It will help me collect more hypotheses on this query tl;dr There are always trade-offs

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amul.exe

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17 days

@chinesegon Let the kid take a loan parents are the back up not the main sponsors

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amul.exe

@amuldotexe

2 months

Looking to buy a new phone anything under 30k with good cam for tea/coffee pics please don't suggest samsung phones

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amul.exe

@amuldotexe

11 months

@SchrodingrsBrat Are you happy?

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amul.exe

@amuldotexe

4 years

I turned 33 last month, been gainfully employed for 10 years now & married for 7. Thought this is a good time to spew some gyan through my journey trying to build a career in Product Management & Analytics. A thread. (1/n)

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amul.exe

@amuldotexe

4 months

Received salary today one of the 480 times I'll receive it over a 40 year career (12 x 40) definitely worth celebrating, especially realizing that I am mid 30s person employed gainfully in one of the toughest tech markets yet it's a gentle reminder that the world for now…

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amul.exe

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6 months

Hypothesis: Many kids don't understand the importance of "preparing for JEE" in class 11-12th & then regret later the problem solving muscle you build as part of preparing for JEE makes rest of your life way easier you may not make it, but you'll be better because you tried

amul.exe

@amuldotexe

6 months

Just heard that a cousin is now happy that his 12th studying son will likely secure a seat in Ashoka University next year that college might be decent but the disappointing part is that his son didn't even prepare for JEE didn't even try why? because the kid's friends…

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amul.exe

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The market is really tough now you folks should have utilised all the interview practice opportunity the last few years gave, your arbitrary principles around when you should interview & when you shouldn't, have now cost you interview specific knowledge & rejection navigation…

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amul.exe

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1 year

Some day I'll have a cool about-me like this 😂

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amul.exe

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1 year

Hypothesis: If you have survived the tech career in India for 7 years, you have mostly made it the real risk in your life isn't that you won't make enough money the real risk in your life is, you won't be able to focus on having a good time because of your greed & comparisons

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amul.exe

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As a Jain who finds it mildly uncomfortable to eat at non-veg places I am grateful to Bengaluru Pure Veg Darshinis you have helped me & my community find good healthy food in an unknown city where we have come to seek our bread may your business prosper further Anumodna 🙏

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amul.exe

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1 year

I turn 36 today birthdays are often a time for reflection to look at the ledger of the life you've lived but I think there's no clear narrative to my journey except maybe this: it could've been worse am grateful that it isn't so 🙃 This right here what I have is enough ..

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amul.exe

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3 years

I am mentoring 3 folks in HTML+CSS+JS+REACT via udemy courses + counseling - they will complete prep by Sep'21. They are ~22yo & from a weak economic background Even a Rs 10k/month job will be a great opportunity for them. Will be grateful for any pointers/guidance for the same.

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amul.exe

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6 months

Someone just sent their last day email at my current employer, after working here for 37 years yes 37 years in the same org their advice: I hope each & everyone of you take the time to enjoy the little things, because one day you may look back and realize they were the big…

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amul.exe

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2 years

So you had a dream - a girl or a boy - a specific role or job - a promotion - a target net worth - moving to another country you've been trying for long but for now it doesn't look like you'll make it and this state hurts a thread 🧵 about giving up & letting go .. (0/n)

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amul.exe

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30 days

Hypothesis: Being horny is a good proxy for being healthy

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amul.exe

@amuldotexe

2 years

Hypothesis: As a dev in India in first 3 yrs Forget stock market ❌ reading-50-books ❌ content creation ❌ etc. Focus on: - improving your craft via deliberate practice - improving your interview skills by giving a lot of mock-interviews & actual interviews Anecdotal proof 👇

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2 months

I turn 37 today birthdays are often a time for reflection to look at the ledger of the life you've lived but I think there's no clear narrative to my journey I wish I could tell you that I was in control that I created my own fate but that ain't true I am merely an…

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2 years

No one wants to f***ing tell you that in first two years of your job, don't invest, just build a 6 to 12 month of f*** off fund in fixed deposits and focus completely on increasing your future earning potential ... Why? Coz this kind of advice is too boring to follow ...

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amul.exe

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Gentle reminder to continue pretending that you know what you are doing with your life

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amul.exe

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9 months

This is probably the 4th person I have advised in last 6 months v smart & driven person with capability to digest nuance some points here might sound a little uncomfortable, but in my opinion, they work for people like me relevant for some not for everyone iykyk

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2 years

I have lived in NCR, HYD & BLR for 3 years+ each This is the advice I give to *developers* who reach out to me when they ask me, in which city I should build the initial part of my career tl;dr BLR I could be wrong! Do Your Own Research A thread of hypotheses 🧵 (0/n)

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1 year

Hypothesis: Maybe some Indians need to learn more about the US college admissions criteria which favour folks with privilege then they'd understand that objective entrance exams in India are such an elegant level playing field all you need is some IQ and a lot of hard work

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Hypothesis: HYD > BLR in terms of responsible governance be it infra be it security be it law abidance it is what it is

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2 years

Hypothesis: Many kids don't understand the importance of *preparing for JEE* in class 11-12th & then regret later The problem solving muscle you build as part of preparing for JEE makes rest of your life way easier You may not make it, but you'll be better because you tried

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amul.exe

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11 months

Monthly reminder: If you are a Jain techie and are unable to find a suitable alliance in Bengaluru go to a Jain temple in IT areas of the city every weekend & volunteer you will likely get engaged in next 6 months some uncle aunty jiji bhaiya will make you their project iiwii

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amul.exe

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8 months

Just reached Indira Nagar from Whitefield in 18 minutes using metro would've taken an hour on most days phoenix mall hi cross ni ho pata tha isse purva imma cry @peakbengaluru

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Le me to recruiter of a 10 min grocery delivery org, who repeatedly insisted on me sharing my current salary: this is a bad practice & ideally you should be sharing your salary bands for my exp Le recruiter: but all other candidates share it Le me: other candidates are idiots

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<Monthly reminder> Hypothesis: As a developer in India, If you are making < 15 l.p.a You are likely better off focusing solely on increasing your salary in next 2 yrs rather than spending 100s of hrs on stock markets Why? Growth in savings >> Gains from investments in 2 yrs

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5 months

A college junior called up yesterday they were just an year behind me in nit cse, so they had roughly 12 years experience they recently left their job as a product manager in an Indian company & were looking to find a new role I obviously didn't have much tell them & pointed…

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The playbook of amuldotexe is now available on @gumroad for $0 / free link to the playbook in first comment This version of my playbook is a collection of - 16 visual notes - 12 google sheets / templates created by me - 20 of my top threads / long notes classified by themes -…

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@adamwathan @Jira years of productivity lost to that software wait - it'll be a decade next year

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2 years

I have a nephew whom I am guiding for a low risk dev career .. This my first shot at a broad career path .. Would love to know what people think of this ..

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1 year

Please go & meet techies with age >35 yrs you'll likely realize that you are underestimating sitting related health problems everyone looks down upon health related advice until their first major health issue anything preventive is uncool & boring to talk about on social media

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Hypotheses on: 1. Low Risk Dev Career Path 2. How to negotiate a better salary 3. How to navigate a lower developer demand economy Caveats: - These methods are biased towards reducing downside risk thus not optimized for increasing upside - I might be wrong, Do Your Own Research

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A thread 🧵 on career planning for folks with > 3 years of experience in tech This amazing pic by @waitbutwhy captures the context of our method Spend 30 seconds on this pic before you scroll down further ... What thoughts come to your mind as you see this pic? (0/n)

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When I meet younger folks I judge them on a few things to filter out who is worth collaborating with a key filter I have is do they have acceptance of the rules of the game as we play the game of business there are cumulative advantages & disadvantages of the things we cannot…

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1. Join a Fortune 300 org as dev in Indian dev center 2. Be decent at your job & make good relationships with everyone around you 3. Stay for 15 years, you'll get promoted inevitably every 3 to 4 yrs You'd have made good money with good work life balance for 15 yrs Congrats!

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Here's my stack ranking of which orgs to work with, in decreasing order of priority 1. someone whom you closely know or your friends have worked for & can strongly vouch for, there are some good leaders in Indian ecosystem in this bucket across geography of origin personal…

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amul.exe

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For new folks here, here's the tldr of my background in tech: I currently work in product for a US based company I started my career in 2010 at Mu-Sigma I spent first 5 years of my career building linear/logistic regression models in SAS for marketing & fraud analytics…

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2 years

Type of friends I seek on twitter

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A cousin had a divorce after 20 yrs please don't trust the PDA you see on social media nobody knows what kinda lives people live in reality her apparent life is being deconstructed as gossip right now while we have tea that's what people become: tea conversations iykwim

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you come to your hometown and you spend more time with folks who work 12 hours a day to make a living you realize you are quite lucky to work in an industry which rewards you so well per unit time where the only threats are greed & FOMO easy to forget this privilege isn't it

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2 years

Your boy's notes reached reddit, it seems ...

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6 months

I went through a PIP in early half of my career ~2014 I was put in there primarily because I criticized a company decision in an org-wide-email which made a VP look bad I didn't know how to behave in large orgs, how managing optics is almost everything during the PIP I worked…

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1 year

Most of your iOS dev & Android dev friends will advise you to

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I can literally hear her voice ...

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1 year

@sportswithjohn Your script for the fault in our stars was amazing thank you for your work

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2 years

Hypothesis: The way Indian marriages are going right now, our next generation is unlikely to have higher % stable marriages relative to the prev generations What this means for our kids: Prepare them to love themselves & become a bit independent of the need for a partner (0/n)

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Your college matters at places Your company brandnames matter at places Your open source contribution matters at places Anyone telling you that a single variable doesn't matter without context .. is just trying to get you to press the like button .. Ignore that tweet ..

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So you had a dream - a girl or a boy - a job or a promotion or a role - a goal for yourself or for your family you've been trying for long but for now it doesn't look like you'll make it and this state hurts a note about giving up & letting go 1/22

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