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Essays and notes on company building, hiring, communication, and life.
2026
- Your JD is boring
- The significance of being able to type fast
2025
- What we do when Indian clients refuse to pay
- Which skills will be most valued in the AI era?
- The real reason behind 90% of arguments
- Things I'm seeing in tech recruitment
- China's role in nurturing the terrorist state of Pakistan
- How to communicate well
- Why China dominates
- The end of ITES as we know it
- What it's like to get your first believer
- 4 rules for a top-tier cold email
- Bootstrapping isn't necessarily impressive
2024
- What is one thing I can do to make this better?
- The bare minimum to pass an interview
2023
- Show proof if you don't sound believable
- List of open source alternatives to popular products
- Be shameless
- Don’t be afraid to imitate
- State of India Tech Hiring July 2023
- The ripple effects of ZIRP
- Constraints teach you to do more with less
- 20 lessons from hiring
- What our hiring rubric looks like
- The invisible questions behind the literal question
- Why you should do trials with candidates
- Becoming immune to manipulation
- The 2nd order effects of your actions
- Traits of mediocrity
- Make it hard for someone to lie to you
- The LLM Race
- How my co-founder and I handle disagreements around important decisions
- 21 ways to develop your Corporate Common Sense
- Don't be a "5 star rating" manager
- It's okay to not know the answer to a question
2022
- 28 travel tips
- 49 gym and workout tips
2020
- Ultimate guide to doing reference checks
2018
- How to deal with differences in opinion
2016
- Learning how to code
- How to apply for startup jobs