Category: Lessons
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Falling in love with boredom
Embracing boredom as part of our working life is crucial to becoming a good computer programmer.
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Doing good work with good people
I have spent 2 years of my career with rtCamp. Here’s a summary of the joyous experience of life at rtCamp.
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Biggest strength; biggest weakness
Sometimes our biggest strength can also be our biggest weakness.
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Intellectual humility: knowing we do not know much
The idea that we do not know (and will never know) much is liberating.
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Just give it some time
Often, the solution to a problem is to just give it some time.
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To hustle or not to hustle
Learning to take a break will often help us achieve a greater success.
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Ignorance is bliss, sometimes
You would have heard that “ignorance is bliss” and that “knowledge is power”. How do you reconcile the two statements? Here’s my 2 cents.
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On Being Pragmatic
It is important to be optimistic and curb negativity. However, pragmatism is what will help us not fall prey into the trappings of the modern world.
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The system isn’t rigged
A few words on curbing negative self-talk and being just with everyone.