I had tweeted this a while ago, reproducing it here Your first company is super important for your career. Mine was Infosys where I learnt a lot of important lessons that still guide me.. for eg — Madhur Chadha (@madhurchadha) April 25, 2019 Your first company is super important for your career. Mine was Infosys
Some unpopular opinions I hold (Subject to change, of course) -Tech Corporate world Presentations are mostly useless. They waste time, encourage intellectual laziness, are manipulative by nature, and lead to bad decisions. Open offices are bad for both productivity and collaboration. They mostly increase distractions., and any gains in collaboration are small in comparison to
An attempt to re popularize Kabir Das Ke dohe . I record the dohas and talk about their meaning ऐसी वाणी बोलिए मन का आप खोये | औरन को शीतल करे, आपहुं शीतल होए This one is ” Aise Bani Boliye” a doha about the virtue of speech. Do you have a favorite doha by Kabir
Youtube recently changed its Partner program guidelines under which you can only monetize your videos if you meet these two conditions You have 1000 subscribers You have at least 4000 hrs of viewing time in past 12 months I find both these rules unfortunate and detrimental to a lot of creators (including myself) . For
Heard this? “The Tarot card reader was able to pin point the exact reason for my suffering” Or “I know homoeopathy does not work, BUT my uncle was cured of chronic headaches when he started taking those medicines” Or “I was able to pass the exam after the holy man blessed me” Are you
Few housekeeping things that many people get confused with…But it pays to have some clarity You have Freedom of speech , NOT the Right to be taken seriously You have Freedom of having an opinion , NOT the Freedom from criticism that comes with holding it, and saying it out loud I may respect
From Chadda to Mathur to NSFW …I never knew my Name was tough
Kankar pathar jod ke, Masjid laye banay
Taa chadh mulla baang de, kya behra hua khudaey
Loose translation: You collected pebbles and stones and made a masjid out of it. Then you got your priest to go on top of it and shout . Has God gone deaf?
Minimal Viable Product: One of the most used and abused buzzwords of the startup ecosystem. Ability to define an MVP also happens to be one of the key criteria for hiring Product Managers. One of the most common follies that many potential product manager hopefuls make is, focusing only on the “Minimal” aspect and forgetting
YOLO :(You only Live once) a common phrase that precedes most stupid, idiotic and sometimes fun plans people have. People use it to justify doing anything that does not fit the traditional way of the world, for doing things that are unexpected of them, for breaking the “rule”, for nor having any “regrets”. But what regrets? Isn’t