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Month: December 2009

Fun can change behavior

Once in a while I come across something really inspiring, and this time it was The fun theory - a "thought that something as simple as fun is the easiest way to change people's behavior for the better." Getting people to use the staircase than the escalator Getting people to throw into the garbage bin … Continue reading Fun can change behavior →

swaroop Business, Design, Tech 5 Comments December 26, 2009April 21, 2013 1 Minute

Musings on 2009

- Work - Resolutions Life is what happens to you when you're making other plans. I got sidetracked by struggling to make a business. But don't regret it for even a moment. Learned a lot about the real world. Changed from being a meek guy who liked to hide behind email to someone who has … Continue reading Musings on 2009 →

swaroop General 9 Comments December 22, 2009April 21, 2013 1 Minute

The 5-year limit to being a coder in India?

Let me start with a story I had heard about long ago when I was at Adobe. There was this guy who had come in for interviews for a technical role. He passed all the tech interviews with flying colors, the team liked his personality and felt he would fit in well, and the manager … Continue reading The 5-year limit to being a coder in India? →

swaroop Business, India, Tech 30 Comments December 9, 2009April 7, 2013 3 Minutes

The magic of foss.in

Why do I keep going back to foss.in? Because I'm the kind of person who needs extrinsic motivation. That's why having a good circle of friends with a positive attitude is so important to me. And that's why the foss.in community is so important to me. Because one must always strive to be in an … Continue reading The magic of foss.in →

swaroop General, India, Tech 1 Comment December 9, 2009April 6, 2013 3 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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