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Month: January 2009

Product for the future

My favorite session at proto.in 5th edition was by Atul Chitnis who reinforced the basics of business. He made one remark which seems obvious but something that we don't put in practice: "Today is history. Build for the future so that your product can be ready just in time." As opposed to only thinking of … Continue reading Product for the future →

swaroop Business, India, Tech 4 Comments January 26, 2009April 7, 2013 2 Minutes

Water Sports in Sharavathy Valley

Last weekend, I was back in Sharavathy Valley in Shimoga, but this time for some water sports. Here's a photo essay of the trip: When we were reaching our camp area, the entrance itself was impressive, and I was excited by such clear blue water. We had Breakfast and "kashaya." A short swimming session as … Continue reading Water Sports in Sharavathy Valley →

swaroop India, Travel 9 Comments January 25, 2009April 6, 2013 2 Minutes

Outliers : What leads to Success

I read Outliers, The STORY of SUCCESS by Malcolm Gladwell last week and found it fascinating. Here's an excerpt: Cultural legacies *matter*, and once we've seen the surprising effects of such things as power distance and numbers that can be said in a quarter as opposed to a third of a second, it's hard not … Continue reading Outliers : What leads to Success →

swaroop Books, General, Self Improvement 7 Comments January 16, 2009April 21, 2013 3 Minutes

Refocus on the Basics

Most of what I learned about programming was during my first year at Yahoo!. I wrote so much Perl code and dove into naive attempts at distributed computing, and the like. I was pretty proud of my code and that I put in hard work, and was vindicated when I went back to meet old … Continue reading Refocus on the Basics →

swaroop Self Improvement, Tech 6 Comments January 14, 2009April 21, 2013 2 Minutes

About

My name is Swaroop. I currently work as a Staff Engineer in the Machine Learning Platform team at DoorDash in San Francisco.

I write mostly about what I have learned in pursuit of my curiosity, mostly around software engineering, books and ideas.

I have previously worked at big companies, did freelancing, tried building a startup, and was at startups of all sizes (from 6-person company to Series B+ to acquisition).

Long ago, I wrote A Byte of Python beginners book and A Byte of Vim book.

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