Published inEntrepreneur's Handbook·PinnedMember-onlyBuilding Trust: The 3 Steps FormulaHow to build and maintain trust with anyone — Knowing how to build and maintain trust has been the best career catalyst for me. I managed to navigate two acquisitions and grow from a Junior Engineer role to an Engineering Director in under a decade. It was a journey of accelerated growth with a lot of challenges. Let’s first…Leadership5 min readLeadership5 min read
Published inEntrepreneur's Handbook·PinnedMember-onlyWhat I’ve Learned About the Pitfalls of Hiring After Holding 1000 InterviewsThe million-dollar question: “How do I know if a hire will work out or not?” — Setting up and managing a great interview process that outputs strong talent is crucial. This is essential for your startup or projects because it is how you get smart, talented people to join your team. This article is the second of a two-part series where I share my experience after…Interview10 min readInterview10 min read
Published inEntrepreneur's Handbook·PinnedMember-only5 Things You Will Never Learn From Management BooksGoing beyond textbook wisdom — While management books offer valuable insights and strategies, true leadership and management skills extend beyond the pages. Ten years ago, when I was starting in a team lead position, I wanted to know everything about the subject as fast as possible, so I started reading all the books I could…Leadership6 min readLeadership6 min read
Published inTowards Data Science·Aug 5Member-onlyCan AI Really Help You at Passing Interviews?Thoughts, tips, and some prompts — I have been hearing concerns lately from fellow interviewers that they are worried that candidates may leverage AI for passing technical interviews. The concern is that using LLM technology like ChatGPT or Bard, they may “game” the system and solve problems during technical interviews. I think you should make use…Interview9 min readInterview9 min read
Published inEntrepreneur's Handbook·May 17Member-onlyWhat I’ve Learned After Holding 1000 InterviewsHow to hire in startups and big companies — Hiring is one of the most important things you do as a manager or entrepreneur. It will make or break your startup, team or project. In the past 10 years, I’ve been hiring and building teams for startups and big companies, and I’ve got some valuable tricks up my sleeve…Hiring9 min readHiring9 min read
Published inEntrepreneur's Handbook·May 1The Good Side of LeadershipHow aspiring leaders can guide their followers toward success — Leadership has been a fundamental aspect of human society since ancient times. The role of kings was not only to govern their kingdom but also to lead their armies into battle. Their duty was to defend their people and ensure the prosperity of their kingdom. Heroes also played a big…Leadership7 min readLeadership7 min read
Sep 25, 2022On Technical LeadershipHow can you increase your impact by 10x or even 100x? I believe technical leadership is one way. I see a lot of engineers and engineering managers struggle to grasp the concept and requirement of technical leadership in software engineering and why is it necessary. There are multiple ways of…Technical Leadership6 min readTechnical Leadership6 min read
Dec 20, 2020How to foster innovation inside teamsPlaying catch-up with the competition is the worst fear of an entrepreneur/CEO/business owner/team lead, you name it, because it is very clear that if you don’t innovate, you will surely be out of business or out of a job. The most innovative team I was part of so far was…Innovation7 min readInnovation7 min read
Aug 8, 2016Sometimes your gut feeling is plain wrongUse it the right way. Startups, Management and People — We think of intuition as divine messages from above but the fact is that hunches are formed out of our past experiences and knowledge. So how good is relying on our gut feeling for making decisions? This was something that made me wonder for a long time. …Intuition6 min readIntuition6 min read
Published inDon't Panic, Just Hire·Jul 15, 2016How to Hire — The Interview Processshort guide for young managers — The single most important job of a software manager is to hire the best people and retain talent. That’s it. All the rest comes in second. However most young managers have a fear of interviews, “How do I figure out if the candidate is smart? Is he a right fit…Hiring5 min readHiring5 min read
