Aug. 26, 2024
If you have an upcoming interview with me, great job finding this blog! I already like you, because you have the initiative and drive to look me up and see what I’m writing about. I do a lot of homework on you – I look at your resume in depth, your github contributions, your papers, patents, etc. I DO NOT look you up on personal social networks (facebook, instagram etc). My opinion of you is not shaped by what you do on your own time.
Jun. 16, 2024
India has an incredible pool of talented engineers, but hiring them can be quite a challenge. Here are some tips for anyone looking to build a team in India:
Look Outside the Hubs: It’s natural to start looking for engineers in Bangalore (ಸಿರಿಗನ್ನಡಂ ಗೆಲ್ಗೆ!) for good reasons—it’s home to a dense population of talented engineers. However, this comes with a catch: these engineers are in high demand, and hiring the good ones can be highly competitive.
Jun. 1, 2024
Today marked 1000 days since I watched cable news or read a political news article. I am super happy with this and wanted to share my learnings.
It’s safe to say I was addicted to political news in 2021. I spent inordinate amounts of time trying to stay on top what everyone was saying about the hot button issue of the day. I even bought subscriptions to many newspapers because I wanted to support their “journalism”.
Feb. 28, 2024
I have more than a dozen sites deployed on Netlify. A few days back, a HN post woke me up to the possibility of getting billed to the tune of a $100k if any of my sites get DDoSed. While the CEO of Netlify has since apologized for the mistake on the same HN post, I feel that if something like this happens to me, I really should not have to rely on my support query going viral on HN to get my issue resolved.