Around 10 years ago, I joined an investment bank as a Senior Software Engineer. One thing that I learnt here early on was that it is you(Not your Manager, not your Mentor, not anybody else) who has to own your career a 100%. This company, like many others, had its…

How parenting changed my leadership style! 2020 was a very eventful year for me, I had recently moved to Canada from India and started a job as an Engineering Manager in Ottawa. I was in office for a couple of months before my daughter was born. There was also a…

Entering the 100% remote Canadian e-commerce giant! Shopify has made a name for itself in e-commerce in the recent years. Despite post pandemic challenges, the company has largely done well, is known for its 100% remote work policy and amazing employee benefits! I joined Shopify as an L7 Development Manager…

There are growing number of success stories outside of FAANG! I never worked for any of the FAANG companies. However, I have many friends/colleagues who are working or have worked with them. I recently joined a company of the same league and size. Thus what I have to say here…

Why Candidate Experience is important and how to do it right! As we are about to start a new year with the hopes that the economic headwinds would pause and companies may return to active hiring, I wanted to reiterate on makes a great candidate experience, why is it important…

These books have supported me throughout my career as a Java Dev and beyond! I have been a Java back-end developer for over 10 years. Starting from the basics, I learnt a lot from some of my great collogues at Goldman Sachs. …

I gave chatGPT a shot to help me write one and results are intriguing! The first time heard of the term “Natural Language Processing” was back in 2008 while still pursuing my graduation. A friend of mine then introduced me to Wolfram Alpha which would go on to power Siri…

If you are planning to appear for Amazon interview for an SDE or an SDM, you might already know that a lot focus is given on Amazon’s Leadership Principles. It is almost a given to use the well known STAR format and come up with examples from your past. You…