After recording almost 50 database episodes, 50 Distributed systems episodes and talking to 100s of experts in the domain here are my top 10 Distributed systems learnings 👇
1) If you can avoid having a Distributed system. Do it.
2) If you want to scale quickly, reduce the…
Lately, tech twitters been depressing.
- bad job market
- layoffs
- engineers applying & not hearing back
- talk of things improving only in 2024
- even good brands like Dunzo struggling
Figured I'll share internal 📊 to cover the state of India tech hiring and add perspective
Many new Twitter followers are (understandably) asking questions that I've answered sometime in the past.
Hence, I hope this collection of threads and posts will be useful. I intend to keep this updated over time.
//THREAD// 👇
Had a discussion with my partner today around what if I lose my job due to the market
Ran this simulation:
1.
Courage fund has 2 yrs expenses in FDs to get career back on track
The bigger issue is convincing your ego that it's ok to fall behind on financial targets
(0/n)
3P’s by @arpit_bhayani for your career
1. Paisa
2. Power
3. Position
Optimise your choice based on what you lack at that point of your career and have a good idea of where you can afford to take a hit.
@sunnykgupta and @ankushdharkar
Kudos for fostering such convo
People talk about how busy their lives are with work as if it's an achievement.
Time is scarce and continually reducing for everyone.
The more of it you have free, the richer you really are.
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What do I want in return:
No credit or $, nothing at all
Why do I want to do it:
Mimesis (iykwim)
I can think & write reasonably well, here's an example:
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