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What Website Optimization Taught Me About Indian Matrimony
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Two weeks ago, I was in a deep rabbit pit. One of our biggest clients has a serious complaint again, that our site was loading slowly in certain regions. India…
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Am I Still an Engineer?
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Often, I scroll through GitHub commits from my early days to remind myself that I built it. Not managed or reviewed, it was built. Line by line, module by module,…
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Startups Break You Before They Make You
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You won’t find me in a hoodie or skateboarding my way to work. Neither do I have a standing desk with four monitors and a neon sign that says “#buildinpublic.”…
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The Loneliest Role in the Room
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Many assume that the CEO is the loneliest job at a startup. I disagree. As the CTO, I carry different kinds of isolation, which comes with expectations of being the…
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More Herding Cats Than Writing Code
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I used to be an Engineer, now I wonder why I ever took up this job. I was deeply immersed in being an engineer; you know, headphones on, solving complex…
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Confessions of an Anonymous Silicon Valley CTO
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I’m currently jotting this down on a Sunday morning from my apartment in SoMa, coffee in hand, code pushed but not yet reviewed. I won’t tell you my name or…
A CTO behind the curtain
Jane Smith
When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the
airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.
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