• Currently working as Staff AI Tech Lead at Kain Capital, New York.
• Founded few companies, mostly AI related
• Worked almost always as a founding engineer
• Wrote a bunch of libraries in Golang and Python
• More on LinkedIn and GitHub
• Went to IIT Delhi CS, because my friend said it's good (he didn't go there)
• Living at impermanent locations. Will be mostly circulating between Bangalore, US, Dharamkot, Bikaner and Nha Trang; in near future.
• Extensive reader (few recommendations), occasional writer.

Enthusiasm works!

• Easier to work in exciting environments (part work and part team)
• "The goal is not to avoid mistakes, the goal is to achieve unparalleled levels of excellence in a given area"
• Without energy, progress lags.

Urgency is must

• Slow is fake and unclear. Fast is clear and sometimes fake.
• A week is 2% of the year, 5 weeks are 10%.
• It's essential to put yourself on death ground. It can't be done next week.
• Focus on what's important; there's no time for bullshit

Many people have conventional train of thought

• Ask right questions, and ask well. It's better to avoid a predictable mistake than to make one.
• "Most people are other people", see what second-order imitation means and take your shot.

Micromanagement customs are not detrimental

• Important individuals must utilize their judgment
• If it feels complicated, you have not thought it through enough.

Smaller teams are better

• No room for mediocre people
• Faster decisions, fewer meetings, more fun
• Most tech companies are 2-10x overstaffed.
• Most research is extremely biased and flawed, write down actions and test.

General

• The bottleneck in big projects is often less about resources and more about brainpower
• Better to get your dopamine from improving your ideas than from having them validated
• Don't get tied down by invisible orthodoxy, the laws of physics are the only limit
• The price for agency is the permanent and final realisation that the passenger seat does not exist.
• I believe very smart people are more practical and less idealistic, and always get what they desire. And if you don't desire anything at all, you are smart to begin with.