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Review of Cal Newport’s So Good book

Last weekend, I read Cal Newport's latest book "So Good They Can't Ignore You" and I'm very happy that I read it - this book will be very helpful for people who are into their career for a few years and are beginning to question many things about their career.

swaroop Books 5 Comments October 3, 2012December 26, 2018 7 Minutes

Freelancing

I’ve been a long-time reader of Ramit Sethi – I love his irreverent approach to money which has influenced me positively. About a year and a half ago, he launched the Earn1K program and I was immediately curious about it. Having failed to run a business once, I thought this was a great way to … Continue reading Freelancing →

swaroop General 18 Comments September 14, 2011April 7, 2013 3 Minutes

About Deep Procrastination

Cal Newport, one of my favorite bloggers ever, wrote about the upside of deep procrastination last week. I had a few thoughts on the subject. So what is deep procrastination? You know you're in it when "No matter how dire the stakes, starting work becomes an insurmountable prospect." I remember this starkly happen to me when … Continue reading About Deep Procrastination →

swaroop Self Improvement 3 Comments May 5, 2010April 21, 2013 2 Minutes

To Masters or not?

39 people have asked me "The case for master degrees. Should or Shouldn't ?" This article is for those 39 people. Well, the correct answer almost always is "It depends." But let me give a few points to think about. Obviously, I'm answering from the perspective of CompSci students. Students of all disciplines can draw … Continue reading To Masters or not? →

swaroop General 13 Comments July 19, 2009April 21, 2013 2 Minutes

"My Online Life" in Mint

A list of blogs I read has been published in the Mint Lounge newspaper on 13-Dec-2008 Saturday.

swaroop General, Self Improvement 11 Comments December 14, 2008April 21, 2013 2 Minutes

How Fresh Graduates Can Grow

As a small experiment, I had put up a skribit sidebar where anybody can suggest what I can write about. Little did I know that it would actually be used seriously. Someone posted the topic "On how fresh graduates can learn independently and grow. Instead of waiting for the Company to help" and today, there … Continue reading How Fresh Graduates Can Grow →

swaroop Self Improvement 13 Comments December 13, 2008April 21, 2013 4 Minutes

Specialization vs Generalization

I've been pondering about specialization vs. generalization in terms of career skills. I have this notion that I *should* be a maven, *should* be an expert at something. But yet, I mostly do things that are the very opposite of this idea.

swaroop General, Self Improvement 4 Comments August 9, 2008April 21, 2013 3 Minutes

To live unconventionally

Imagine a conversation with your doctor that goes like this: "What do you do for work?" the doctor asked me at the beginning of the interview. "Well, I’m trying to start my own social movement." (There was a long pause, but he didn’t ask anything else about that. Instead, he looked at the next item … Continue reading To live unconventionally →

swaroop General 12 Comments June 25, 2008April 21, 2013 4 Minutes

How to handle information overload

Philipp Lenssen recently had a good post on tips on information overload by various people. It got me thinking about the various tips and tricks I've imbibed in the recent past and which work reasonably well for me. So I tried to collate them into one place: Email Always bring the inbox down to zero … Continue reading How to handle information overload →

swaroop Self Improvement 6 Comments May 13, 2008April 21, 2013 3 Minutes

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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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