Manager by day, Musician by Night
Ever since the industrial revolution we’ve based industries around machines. Humans who knew how to operate machines were prized as ‘skilled labor’. These ‘skills’ however go way beyond the technique of operating machines. There is a lot more to these skills that make machinery into an industry. We’re not just apparatus that enables machines to do the work they’re supposed
I once participated in a challenge among friends to paint a picture of the starry sky. One of my friends ran out of the color black but ended up painting a masterpiece anyway. That inspired me to write a poem about a night without black….This is a poem about light pollution From the prehistoric woman’s first spark that took away
I was recently interviewed by Anant Mehra, a student at my alma matter, IIIT Kota. This was for the collegiate magazine ‘Quills ‘n Stills’. He had quite a few interesting questions for me, so I’m sharing a transcript here. What is your role at Facebook? I’m a production engineer at the Facebook Headquarters in Menlo Park, California. A production engineer
Giving and receiving feedback is what quite literally makes the world a better place. It takes multiple forms, oral, written, or even visual. But the underlying idea remains the same, advice on shortcomings and recognition of achievements to help in having a resultant trajectory to improvement. Notice that I said both giving and receiving. They’re both equally intricate processes. Here
I recently delivered a presentation at CMU Silicon Valley about technical interview prep, thought I’d share this with the world… A reminder that these slides are out of my own experience and do not represent any of the institutions I am or was a member of. If you have thoughts you’d like to share, feel free to comment below. If
During my education, I’ve always tried to keep myself busy with side projects. These projects involved entrepreneurs reaching out to me with an idea which I would help them convert into a product or a development strategy. I feel like I’ve learned a lot through these projects while working on them and actually even more when I learned the correct
I’ve had most of my early education done in India under the Maharashtra State Board and my bachelor’s under the Central State Board of Secondary Education, both of these being splendid educational organizations. I did my masters in the USA under Carnegie Mellon University. In all, I’ve spent 19 years of my life out of 24 I’ve spent on this
Tower: Intel Core i7 7-8700k processor PNY GeForce GTX 1060 6GB XLR8 Gaming Overclocked Graphics Card Asus ROG Strix Z370-E gaming motherboard G.Skill TridentZ RGB 16GB ram Seagate Barracuda 2TB Internal Hard Drive Samsung SSD 860 EVO 250GB Internal SSD Corsair TXM Series, TX850, 850 Watt power supply Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU cooler Cooler Master Masterbox Pro Mid-tower
In the midst of darkness as I evade all light,When each sound of pain keeps draining my might,When the smile feels fake And my life’s at stake,and nothing in the world says I’m right When I search for someone as I search for myself,when I crucify my heart and have no one to tell,When all that they can do is
Turn back ashes into fire,Bringing out those burnt desires, There’s no reason to burn your graceCrying out your past mistakesWishing that those memories in your nightmares never come Love and laughter fade awayBut the pain here to stayLeavin’ nothing left to sayTo the one that was the one Turn me downAnd let these winds stand quietBurn me downTurn my hopes
