You don’t have to be an expert All through my career in the software industry, I have seen many developers who want to learn and underestimate their capabilities. Many of us think we can be a top developer only if we are an expert in the language, framework, and domain. I am one of those as well. I have spent a lot of time getting expertise on certain topics just to realize there is always something new coming up. Here…
It was not easy! I started as an embedded programmer. For the first five years of my career, I worked on the lowest layer of the software. I mainly coded in C, built protocol stacks, firmware, and media middleware. A few of my colleagues started an internet company and I decided to join them irrespective of my inexperience in the technology they were building. I am glad I took this decision. I faced many problems learning the application and backend…
I used to love WFH, but not anymore. Work from home was something we all wanted before the pandemic changed everything. It saved us time, no need to commute to work, and more time with the family. Or at least we used to think that way. I must say, I used to love working from home occasionally in the pre-pandemic era. Traveling to work was a pain and I used to spend a lot of time on the road. Not to…
Don’t cut corners everywhere — a lesson I learned from building a business Around 8 years ago, my friend and I played a game of Laser Tag for the first time. We loved it so much that we started thinking of opening our own Laser Tag arena. When we inquired about the equipment we realized that the equipment was too expensive. We saw an opportunity there and wanted to encase it. We pivoted before starting and started developing our own…