There’s a trend. There’s definitely a trend I keep observing these days. Highly motivated Software Engineer, a rockstar, one pushing the boundaries of innovation and melting the limits of implementation, eventually ends up drowning. Drowning in their own frustration. It starts harmless. Slightly decreased motivation, a few harsh words against management here and there, but […]
Category: Thoughts
Get better at drawing circles by drawing more circles
It’s no secret that I’m a huge fan of Stephen King. I don’t get much reading time these days, but I’ve been and still am obsessed with his work. Ever watched The Shining? Yeah, that’s a movie based on his book. He wrote a piece called “On Writing”. Half of the book is his autobiography, […]
Your attention span is being robbed!
This is exactly why you can’t focus on reading anything longer than a mobile page length these days. Not even a blog post, let alone a book! Your attention span is being robbed! You are being robbed of the ability to acquire useful info. You are being ROBBED of the experience of learning stuff! Sounds […]
Lessons learned after five months of being a first-time dad
If I were to pick TWO major events that shaped this period, those would be — transformation from a Newborn to a Baby and a complete and utter sleep deprivation that just keeps getting worse. First one is awesome. Seeing this little creature go from being a noninteractive bag of poo, all the way to […]
On the Meaninglessness of Life
“Space is big. Really big. You just won’t believe how vastly hugely mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it’s a long way down the road to the chemist, but that’s just peanuts to space.”. Those are the wise words written by one of the greatest philosophers of the 20th century. Douglas Adams […]
Sorry Santorini, but you suck
I was really trying NOT to write this article. Really. It took me a full year of trying to stay silent and keep it buried inside that memory coffin. But I just can’t any more. I can’t because, it’s not just the fact that I keep seeing people seemingly enjoying spending time on a blazing […]
If I knew it, I wouldn’t do it
This happens to be a recurring theme both in my blog posts and life. The more I think about what I do and write about, the more I realize how much of it is driven by a sheer ignorance. There’s a saying that goes like – Idiot didn’t know it was impossible, so he did […]
Investing in memories
Here’s a thought experiment – imagine that you are offered to choose between two vacations. One would be the vacation of your life; everything you ever dreamed, hoped and wished for would happen, making you 1000% satisfied; but with one trick – once the vacation is done, your memory (and your phone) will be erased, […]
Honesty and Candor
You might find this surprising but there was a time when I used to be extremely paranoid of giving any kind of negative feedback. This, you have to agree, kind of sucks if you are in a position where one of your primary duties IS to do so. Actually scratch that. I wasn’t scared of […]
Lessons learned after 30 days of being a first-time dad
Well, I think the most important thing that happened during these first 30 days is that we survived 🙂 Like, I’m not even joking. It wasn’t easy, though. If you dig deep into Reddit or if you talk to parents who are willing to share their real feelings, most of them will tell you that […]