The origin of this blog I have been aware of the term burnout for a while. In fact, in the first weeks of COVID I had written of burnout from my experiences with WFH. As time progressed, I thought I had identified the issues and started to act on it. I took a couple of…
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State of crypto (July 2022)
The crypto markets are not having their best days right now. Google searches for is crypto dead are skyrocketing, the market cap of all cryptocurrencies has gone down by 65-70% with most coins down 80%+ from their peak. It was time for me to rethink whether I got caught up in the hype or was…
Continue ReadingThe changing world order
Over the last 1-2 years I have been reading some books about history and some others about patterns in history that can be observed that can help us understand our future better (ex: the book Why Nations Fail and this blog I wrote about how history can help us predict our future) . I have…
Continue ReadingFrom loneliness to solitude
I did not know the word solitude for the longest time. If you are like me, the definition of solitude is the state or situation of being alone. However it’s not the same as loneliness. If loneliness is being alone as an unwanted state of being, solitude is the exact opposite. It’s the state of…
Continue ReadingTo be a Stoic
Stoicism has entered and touched my life and thoughts occasionally a few times over the last 10 years. I remember a direct report mentioning my philosophy is like stoic philosophy. It also pops up in some books like Sophie’s world. Also we keep using the term stoic to represent someone who is emotionless. As I…
Continue ReadingMy learnings from 2021 & fabric
In March 2021, I took up a new role as Director of Engineering at a (then) small startup called fabric. Almost 1 year later, I decided to leave this role and take a few months off. It’s been an eventful year with so many changes including a country move and various life events. Like any…
Continue ReadingGalactic empire of Foundation series
I have always been interested in human dynamics, sociology, psychology and just the idea of how people behave. I have also been a science fiction fan. I have also been reading about human history and how things have changed over the last 1-2 years. So when I started reading the Foundation series again last year,…
Continue ReadingThe Long arc of history
I have been attracted to various books that talk about Human history lately. I think it started with Sapiens but in 2020/21 I have read a lot of similar books. Recently I read another book that was really fascinating, called Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond. I found this book because it was criticized…
Continue ReadingAre we risk averse or uncertainty averse?
Over the last 12 months, I have started listening to a lot of podcasts. One of such podcasts is The Knowledge Project which has a lot of interesting conversations ranging from science, mathematics, people and psychology. On one of the recent episodes the speaker was Jim Collins. A particular term he used in the podcast…
Continue ReadingWhy I left a job in 3 months?
I recently left a job in about 3 months. My intention with this blog is to highlight some of the important things to consider when you take on that next role or how to know when you are done with a role. So just backing up a little: Not that long ago, I took up…
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